Example sentences of "in [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — There has been a great play made of the impact of the minimum wage factor in the Social Chapter , but I have waited in vain for any reference to the other and more far reaching elements . |
| 2 | So you will search in vain for any sixteen-inch cylinders today . |
| 3 | But despite this , it is significant that in the entire teaching of the New Testament epistles you will search in vain for any sustained exhortation to evangelise . |
| 4 | I have looked in vain for any evidence that the woman concerned was not herself American . ) |
| 5 | But one looks in vain for any discussion of their physical growth , where their original core lay , of the directions in which they grew , and when and why , and of what accounts for their street plan and their shape today . |
| 6 | One looks in vain for any reflection of this outpouring of German song in keyboard tablatures . |
| 7 | In such cases the employer is not liable in general for any wrong which consists in the improper carrying out of such work , though he will , of course , be liable if unlawful acts are done which he has actually authorized . |