Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes it possible to access any individual frame by calling up that address and displaying its contents . |
| 2 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 3 | Is it possible to establish any general principles of ecology ? |
| 4 | Assuming that Dworkin 's rights thesis is capable of being modified along the lines proposed , is it possible to identify any strategies — long-term , medium-range and short-term strategies — which could be expected to contribute toward the realisation of an expanded right of equal concern and respect ? |
| 5 | It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them . |
| 6 | I hope that , in the end , such tests may replace all other examinations , making it unnecessary to hold any blocks of examinations at 16 + and at 18 + . |
| 7 | It stated that the private houses , which formed the Foreign and Colonial Offices , were ‘ inadequate to the present extent of public business , in parts unsafe , and generally in such a state of dilapidation as to render it inexpedient to expend any large sum in their substantial repair ’ . |
| 8 | Involvement of individuals in the development of these solutions will also make it easier to implement any changes that are necessary . |
| 9 | This also made it easier to note any harmful side effects of medication and ensure compliance with treatment . |
| 10 | For example , if you choose to write an essay on the novel A Very Quiet Street by the contemporary Glasgow author Frank Kuppner , you may not find it easy to get any critical work either on the book itself or on this writer ( since no books may have been written about him ) . |
| 11 | The purpose of an index is to make it easy to locate any record in the system . |
| 12 | Coran Brothers FC have their ground on the outskirts of Watley and as the train goes through the middle of the town you may think it impossible to see any of Linekar Avenue but this is not so . |
| 13 | The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation . |
| 14 | Exhausted by long hours of study at night , and finding it impossible to publish any of the poems he had been writing in his spare time , his health and spirits began to suffer . |
| 15 | The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line . |
| 16 | The slower tester ran just below 70 per cent of MHR and found it uncomfortable to push any harder for 10 minutes , let alone 20 . |
| 17 | It is intended that the system of Special Discounts should continue in subsequent years , although the percentage discount and the rules by which policies will qualify may vary from year to year and the possibility can not be ruled out that circumstances may arise which would make it inappropriate to grant any Special Discount at all . |
| 18 | Whatever ye do , let not the pretence of a different religion make it lawful to oppress any man in his just rights . ’ |
| 19 | The cables from the all-purpose I/O and drive controller card stretch across two slots and would make it awkward to fit any tall cards in either of them . |
| 20 | Not only is it able to process any text , whether grammatical or ungrammatical ( assuming such a distinction exists ) but it is also able to do this processing quickly and efficiently . |
| 21 | Is it fair to ask any human being , regardless of circumstances , to be treated in this way ? ’ |
| 22 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 23 | She was genuinely concerned to help the customer and found it difficult to see any other point of view . ’ |
| 24 | The increase in mean ozone concentration with latitude and the existence of seasonal cycles in ozone levels make it difficult to detect any trends in global ozone concentration . |
| 25 | However they caution that the relatively small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions . |
| 26 | However the limited numbers of Access students who had completed higher education courses makes it difficult to draw any strong generalisable conclusions . |
| 27 | He found it difficult to have any sympathy for Katherine Lundy in this instance ; this situation was entirely of her own creation . |
| 28 | After years of plotting against the Russians , he found it difficult to trust any of them . |
| 29 | Stubbs makes some effort to link the conventions for the use of writing to general linguistic characteristics of writing , but finds it difficult to establish any hard and fast rules since different cultures see different characteristics as significant and so a variety of literacies has been developed . |
| 30 | I find it difficult to identify any overall feeling about my work . |