Example sentences of "it be [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know if it 's of any help but — er — I made a couple of notes at the time . |
| 3 | After a moment of silence in which she studied his face , she said : ‘ I do n't know if it 's of any importance , but they played a game . ’ |
| 4 | And it 's something to do with that and an embargo date 's a little bit like that , and in a sense , you may well be able to stop people actually publishing the thing , but they will still know and be working on it if it 's of any importance , so use embargo dates advisedly . |
| 5 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |
| 6 | And I do n't mean to employ it 's in any way dishonest . |
| 7 | Yes , obviously as you can imagine , everybody very buoyed up , it well , it 's like any sport , it one moment can change everybody 's outlook , everybody 's evening , everybody 's weekend , and that 's of course , that 's what 's happened here . |
| 8 | But it 's like any job , it has to be thought through and planned out . ’ |
| 9 | Although it is no easier to blame either him or Diana completely for the separation than it is with any parting couple , it is beyond doubt that he is principally responsible . |
| 10 | It is at any rate a sketch of what might be involved in restoring a writer — in this case , the young Pound — to the highly specific social milieu , that of Edwardian England , in which he moved and on which he impinged . |
| 11 | It is at any rate possible that in her a certain ethical rightness and decency coexisted with aesthetic stiffness and suspicion . |
| 12 | ‘ without going into further detail I respectfully suggest that it is on any view wrong to introduce into this branch of the criminal law questions whether particular contracts are void or voidable on the ground of mistake or fraud or whether any mistake is sufficiently fundamental to vitiate a contract . |
| 13 | I respectfully suggest that it is on any view wrong to introduce into this branch of the criminal law questions whether particular contracts are void or voidable on the ground of mistake or fraud or whether any mistake is sufficiently fundamental to vitiate a contract . |
| 14 | On this personal level he is aware that change happens all the time and what is important to him , as it is to any composer , are ‘ those moments when people come up to me and say , ‘ this work has changed my life ’ ’ . |
| 15 | The widespread unease with several of the measures proposed in the welfare reforms felt by many Conservative MPs , demonstrates how difficult it is for any government ( even one with a large parliamentary majority ) to reform the Welfare State . |
| 16 | The ‘ look ’ in this stratum is as considered and serious a matter as it is for any Sloane , and just as rigid . |
| 17 | Nor can potential school achievement or social competence be directly linked to levels of sight : pupils with little or no sight have shown that they can achieve well in school , be independent and happy , since the interaction of the child and the learning environment is as significant for them in helping to achieve these goals as it is for any pupil in school . |
| 18 | I have listed below some books on pop-up techniques , if it is of any help to G.D . |
| 19 | I do n't know if it is of any help to the PH Project . |
| 20 | ( If it is of any interest to anyone , I knitted 44 ballet cardigans in 1991 ) . |
| 21 | Peter Reid , the factor on Kildalton Estate ( 36 ) , in part of his statement said " I do n't suppose it is of any consequence to advert to the question of how people were removed , but I do n't think we can admit that there were any evictions , and I think there is no need , unless it is wished , to call forward witnesses to show that there were no evictions , at least in the ordinary sense of the word . " |
| 22 | If it is of any consolation to you , I shall die now in peace . |
| 23 | It is without any pleasure that I seek once more to call the attention of the House to the problems faced by Derbyshire police force . |
| 24 | Miss T. being an adult , it is doubtful whether we have power to make a restraining order of the kind which is often made in the case of children whose medical treatment is in issue before the courts , but I hope and believe that it is in any event unnecessary . |
| 25 | The incitement provisions in the Act do not really extend the law greatly , since it is in any event a common law offence to incite another to commit an offence , even a summary offence . |
| 26 | That itself is some forty million pounds below the association of Welsh counties assessment of what is actually needed to meet the needs of the community and it is in any event not available for general spending . |
| 27 | If it is in any way meaningful to speak in terms of a ‘ cultural dominant ’ , then arguably the nouveau roman could not have achieved this without the support of like-minded critics . |
| 28 | He also notes that the fact that transcendental meditation changes one 's brain waves does not imply that it is in any way helpful ; he might have added that the brain waves during meditation show a remarkable resemblance to those of someone who is drowsy or even asleep . |
| 29 | ‘ Because we want to know if it is in any way connected to the prince 's state visit . |
| 30 | The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work . |