Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rafael Valls acquired an appealing half-length portrait of Miss Juliana Copley by Lawrence ( lot 29 , est. £50,000–70,000 ) for £92,000 , but doubts had been expressed about the condition of the second Lawrence in the sale , a grand full-length portrait of John Allnutt ( lot 30 , est. £300,000–500,000 ) , and it failed to attract any bids . |
| 2 | A search beyond it failed to locate any continuance of Fleming 's Vein ( it was often called Thriddle V. ) and it became considered that Fleming 's was best regarded as a continuance of the Bonsor but shifted by the movement along the fault . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether it has made any difference , but now we 're obliged to abandon some of our defences and it 's certain that your presence can no longer help us . |
| 4 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 5 | And it has deterred any potential aggressor for the last three decades . |
| 6 | Is it not the case that the connections to the tunnel will be in existence long before the scheme before the House can be completed or , knowing the way British Rail manages to cock things up , probably before it starts digging any of the soil ? |
| 7 | The aim was to save animals who bolted during the blitz — it promised to return any lost animal to its owner . |
| 8 | As allopurinol did not inhibit the growth of L. casei nor interfere with the growth of experimental tumours , nor did it appear to have any other properties which made it unsuitable , it received further investigation in man . |
| 9 | it says phone any time . |
| 10 | And , the Sun newspaper has said it intends to fight any High Court action brought by the Queen over the advanced publication of her Christmas broadcast . |
| 11 | To use environmental analysis as a special intelligence source for top managers is perhaps the single most common reason why it ceases to have any effect on decisions … . |
| 12 | But I think it tends to save any type of … any misunderstandings that may later take place as a result of it being a one-on-one deal . |
| 13 | It tends to encourage any tendency to the suppression of initiative , and to foster cautious conservatism , perhaps to the point of atrophy . |
| 14 | I mean what do they do to it to justify charging any more ? . |
| 15 | Would it have made any difference if I had ? |
| 16 | Should it have made any difference ? |
| 17 | Would it have made any difference , Melissa wondered as she turned the key , if that lock had been changed earlier ? |
| 18 | Could it have had any connection with the man next door , who owned a motorcycle with the trademark ‘ Indian ’ ? |
| 19 | It would n't have taken as Mr has pointed out , any cognizance of the fact that there 's difference for different times of the day , nor would it have taken any account of the fact that people would perceive the travel times and travel costs in different ways . |
| 20 | There is a host of community-related rural organisations in Scotland , many of which are purely social , or purely functional , some of which have broad ( non-party ) political aims , ( very few it seems make any attempt at all to combine social and political aspects even in a semi-structured way ) , but there has been little attempt to make learning connections between the assortment of community groups . |
| 21 | ‘ Not really because it seems to do any good but just because the thinking is that it 's better for him than other commercial products , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 22 | Conservatives have even learnt to love the deficit : it helps to resist any movement towards an increased government share in the economy . |
| 23 | Warwick Collins points out that the keel design not only has a distinct draught advantage over a fin keel , but also claims that it helps to damp any pitching motion in a seaway . |
| 24 | Not that I regretted taking on the responsibilities , but it meant shelving any dreams I 'd had . ’ |
| 25 | What , after all , does it mean to understand any culture , including one 's own , whatever that might be in ethnic , class , or any other terms ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 've also got an old ‘ 57 brown sunburst which I do n't take out on the road , as last time it got knocked over twice , and I do n't want it to get battered any more . |
| 27 | Janice said ‘ Basically it means deferring any dismantling of the irradiated or contaminated plant until 35 years after station closure , so that when the time comes for removal , its level of activity will have diminished further , the dose rate for staff involved in dismantling will be much reduced . |
| 28 | Er it 's a matter of speculation as to whether it did play any part . |
| 29 | Nor did it seem to make any difference to ability to perform everyday activities ( such as selecting the correct coins for shopping ) which were poor for many in both samples . |
| 30 | Indeed it would have been quite impossible for it to have adopted any other attitude . |