Example sentences of "it be [to-vb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Each team is composed of a group of people from a particular ‘ faulty ’ area , whose task it is to resolve any problems once and for all .
2 The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap .
3 If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party .
4 The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect .
5 Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth .
6 The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning .
7 Therefore , will not there be a need for radical changes in the United Nations if it is to maintain any confidence and respect throughout the world ?
8 It concerns certain members of this class , four to be precise , but it will , if it is to stand any chance of success , require the support of every one of you , of every one in the school , in fact .
9 They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity .
10 Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material .
11 The senator had just told me how difficult it was to extract any sense from his son , yet apparently Rickie was not so far gone as the senator had suggested .
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