Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them . |
| 2 | The purpose of an index is to make it easy to locate any record in the system . |
| 3 | The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation . |
| 4 | The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line . |
| 5 | Whatever ye do , let not the pretence of a different religion make it lawful to oppress any man in his just rights . ’ |
| 6 | Not only is it able to process any text , whether grammatical or ungrammatical ( assuming such a distinction exists ) but it is also able to do this processing quickly and efficiently . |
| 7 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 8 | He found it difficult to have any sympathy for Katherine Lundy in this instance ; this situation was entirely of her own creation . |
| 9 | I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption . |
| 10 | And now , my dear Sir , having said this much on behalf of this deserving Youth , I must beg to assure you that however zealous my wish to be the means of serving him and his poor Mother , I do not wish , on that account , to influence you — Quite the contrary — I know that in similar cases , your benevolent views have been disappointed , and , perhaps , you have consequently made arrangements for the Future which may render it ineligible to take any youth in the same way as proposed to his Brother — even if you have at present — or are likely in course of a year or two — to have a vacancy . |