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

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1 This study aimed to define the route whereby EGF gains access to the oesophageal epithelium , by immunohistochemical determination of the EGF distribution in biopsy specimens from healthy and diseased oesophageal mucosa , to determine whether it plays any role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis .
2 With the detector in omnidirectional mode it bleeps when it receives any radar swap from within 5 miles ( 8 km ) .
3 The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell .
4 Some managers are convinced that PRP will improve performance and raise income , but there 's hardly any evidence that it produces any improvements .
5 Goodness knows what we shall do if it needs any alterations , since we have discovered that Ruth is not a needlewoman , and I have far too much to do before we leave . ’
6 It highlights any word misspelt or letters transcribed so he can then correct them .
7 It highlights any modules outside LIFESPAN which are at a lower version than currently held within LIFESPAN i.e. modules which have been updated in LIFESPAN since they were withdrawn to the directory of interest .
8 Population regulation , however , if it has any advantage at all , can only be a long-term one ; it must therefore be a consequence of individual decisions to emigrate , taken on the grounds that conditions will be better elsewhere , not on the grounds that the population level must be kept down in order for the local resources to be conserved .
9 It is difficult to see , however , that it has any advantage over the leadership approach .
10 There are some newspapers which simply will not use a picture if it has any brand identification whatsoever .
11 T-I has also denied it has any plans to close down Dowty 's headquarters in Cheltenham and move jobs T-I 's HQ at Abingdon in Oxfordshire .
12 They have called on the Northern Regional Health Authority to issue a categorical denial that it has any plans to merge 15 health care districts into six super districts .
13 For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’
14 If it has any effect , it will be slightly beneficial on the inflation front , but I would n't want to exaggerate that .
15 This generous depth , combined with a full-scale neck , a heavily arched back and a lightly-strutted belly , means that the guitar packs a lot more punch than it has any right to — more than a Martin 0–16 New Yorker , I 'd say , although that 's only from memory .
16 Behind Hurd 's selection of a specific group of Arab states is the assumption that the Arab world as a whole can be ignored , since only part of it has any role to play in security in future .
17 If such was indeed the case , the assertion of later authors that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II , if it has any validity at all , would have to be interpreted as the elevation of an already existing semi-official or official post of no particular consequence , as , in effect , the transformation of the muftilik of Bursa into the Muftilik of the Ottoman lands .
18 Whether or not it has any prospect of success this court is in no position to determine , but while it remains alive we do not consider that the judgment of this court can be described as final within the meaning of rule 2 ( a ) .
19 I 'm a free man , and all that you hold dear , you rich men — and beggars too — none of it has any power over me . ’
20 Decisive victory for either side : that is what Turkish policy , in so far as it has any power , has been striving to prevent .
21 Symphony is such an old program that I 'd be surprised if it has any bugs in it .
22 This includes knowing what time of day to take it , how long you should continue taking it ( just until you feel better or until the end of the full course ? ) , whether or not it has any side-effects ( such as drowsiness ) , and whether or not it should not be taken in conjunction with certain foods or alcohol .
23 In most areas , only bulls with small ivory survive , a fact which bodes ill , genetically speaking , for the future of the species — if indeed it has any future in the wild at all .
24 In so doing it breaches any totality , including History :
25 People need to see what they 're eating but the light must never be so bright that it kills any atmosphere you 're trying to achieve .
26 But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo .
27 It says any proposal to decommission the hospital will first have to go out to public consultation .
28 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law .
29 ‘ This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; …
30 The first , covered by s3(2) ( a ) will be instantly recognisable as an exclusion clause : it includes any term which purports to exclude , limit or restrict the proferens ' liability for a breach of contract : for instance , a clause such as : The Seller accepts no liability for any loss suffered by the Buyer as a result of any delay in delivery would be caught by s3(2) ( a ) .
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