Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] [that] any " in BNC.

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1 It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng .
2 It seems probable that any signings I make will be in the pre-season period when all the lads are back in training . ’
3 With the reduction in content required to keep them infallible , it seems unlikely that any interesting beliefs about the past , the future , the unobserved or even the present material surroundings could ever be justified by appeal to the basic .
4 While it seems unlikely that any regional system will be developed , it is important to note that most government departments with responsibilities for local services have systems of regional offices .
5 Some prisoners have been paid compensation — for example when the prison authorities have failed to protect them adequately from fellow prisoners — but it seems unlikely that any actions based on generally bad conditions will ever succeed in the courts .
6 In the light of these points and Benyon 's claims mentioned above , it seems inevitable that any insider analysis of policing seems destined to alarm .
7 But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade .
8 It seems likely that any hearing user must understand both and certainly needs BSL in order to adequately construct visually appropriate sequences in a signed English form .
9 Judicial ideas are no more immutable than any others and it may be that the above account is too pessimistic , but it seems likely that any future extension of strict liability will come only from the legislature .
10 It seems doubtful that any other photographer has given so much attention to the condition of trees growing in close proximity to urban man .
11 It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay .
12 With the exception of Paul Nilon 's delightfully zany Count Belfiore , the principal roles were in some danger of being upstaged by the slightly lesser ones ( Nilon is not to blame if it remains incredible that any woman , let alone two , should fall in love with such a bizarre creature ) .
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