Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | What attracts many scientists to this hypothesis is that those perturbations of the orbits of Neptune and Pluto have yet to be explained satisfactorily in any other way . |
| 2 | The call for a Scottish commission was made yesterday by Strathclyde Regional Council , John Major 's ‘ monstrosity ’ , which would be broken up under any of the four Scottish Office proposals for council change . |
| 3 | It also had two spiralling horns which could be pointed independently in any direction — a tremendous advantage in a battle . |
| 4 | All this had to be ripped out before any redecoration could get underway . |
| 5 | It somehow seemed to be a cutting-off point , as if they were about to be flown away from any contact with civilisation . |
| 6 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 7 | The wrongfully convicted prisoner will be treated identically to any other prisoner by prison officers . |
| 8 | Once traced , of course , the image can be manipulated just like any other set of anchor points and curves . |
| 9 | Once accepted by the employee he will be discharged forthwith from any contractual duties including compliance with the restraint of trade clause ( see General Billposting v Atkinson [ 1909 ] AC 118 ) . |
| 10 | There is no ‘ mass audience ’ of uncritical couch potatoes ready to be fobbed off with any old rubbish . |
| 11 | Rather , it is due to a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors , which are not unique to the tropics and which have to be resolved individually for any particular forest . ’ |
| 12 | A fill can be dropped in at any time while the pattern is playing . |
| 13 | A fill can be dropped in at any time while the pattern is playing . |
| 14 | For example , maintenance payments and child and one parent benefit can be added on to any earnings from employment to increase lone parents ' incomes . |
| 15 | Left-over cold meat from a joint may also be added together with any vegetables that are to hand when you add the salame . |
| 16 | They will be designed not for any particular proportion of the ability range but for all candidates whatever their ability relative to other candidates who are able to reach the standards required for the award of particular grades in each subject . |
| 17 | Failing success in negotiation , however , the struggle had to be carried on by any means possible . |
| 18 | The analysis of the expenses of production of a commodity might be carried backward to any length ; but it is seldom worth while to go back very far . |
| 19 | With the insertion of implants it could be carried out at any age , but the sensible option would be prophylactic mastectomy either at the completion of her family or at the menopause . ’ |
| 20 | It can be carried out at any time when you feel the need , for example , when you are near anybody with a cold or ‘ flu ; when you are experiencing any form of fear ; when others are indulging in negative emotions ; in noisy surroundings ; first thing in the morning and last thing at night ; after meditating or giving intuitive aromatherapy massage . |
| 21 | They operate in basically the same way , but VITC coding has to be recorded onto the tape ( of course without being visible in the picture ) , at the time of shooting or while being copied onto a second tape ; RCTC coding on the other hand can be carried out at any stage of the editing process , and so is the more flexible of the two systems . |
| 22 | It defines the project timescales and priority to enable individual workloads within the group to be planned through DOPACS , and it also important n needed-by dates , the milestones , within the project , which again through DOPACS enables checks on the physical and financial progress to be carried out at any time . |
| 23 | Tom King , then Local Government Minister , announced that no further geological investigations would be carried out in any of the selected areas . |
| 24 | The cases can be carried out in any order and entirely selectively ( there is no ongoing storyline ) . |
| 25 | Indeed , for those interested in observational methods , it is hard to see how a longitudinal study of any magnitude could be carried out in any other way . |
| 26 | The communication of findings can be carried out in any manner which meets the performance criteria . |
| 27 | They imply that the state — and groups within it — have their own interests which may be pursued separately from any changes in the structures of British capitalism . |
| 28 | ( b ) Cross-appeal A respondent who wishes to contend : ( i ) that the decision of the court below should be varied either in any event or in the event of the appeal being allowed in whole or in part ; or ( ii ) that the decision of the court below should be affirmed but on different grounds ; or ( iii ) that the decision was wrong in whole or part must file and serve on all parties , within 14 days of receiving notice of appeal , a written notice setting out the grounds on which he relies . |
| 29 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 30 | The condition , that allows the application of attributes solely to assemblies , provides a mechanism whereby a simplification in the relationships may be applied both at any early or late stage in a design . |