Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mountaineering record is outstanding by any standards : Mont Blanc , the Matterhorn and the Eiger ; Muztagh Ata , Aconcagua , Huascaran . |
| 2 | His modest apology for tardiness in producing this volume is unnecessary in any terms , considering the magnitude of his task , and when in addition one realises that he has pressed on with the completion of the work during his convalescence from a serious illness , it is clear that his apology should be replaced by the public 's commendation . |
| 3 | I entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman that it is undesirable for any delegation to stay away . |
| 4 | When a horse is shy of any object , and reluctant to approach it , the rider must try to make him feel that there is nothing terrible in it , especially to a horse of spirit ; but if he can not succeed , the rider must himself touch that which appears so alarming , and lead the horse up gently to it . |
| 5 | It is understandable of any man . ’ |
| 6 | Where , however , the loss or damage is due to any of the three matters stipulated in s.2(3) ( a ) , ( b ) , or ( c ) , the innkeeper loses protection and is liable to the guest for the full extent of the loss . |
| 7 | We conclude that it is unlikely that the increase of X-box binding factor observed in RJ2.2.5 is due to any of the mechanisms discussed above . |
| 8 | In patients whose immune system is deficient for any reason ( after transplant surgery or anti-cancer therapy for example ) herpes virus can cause very serious infections which can occasionally prove fatal . |
| 9 | If our diet is deficient in any of these essential constituents , we will in time become ill because our metabolic systems can not function properly . |
| 10 | It is difficult not to agree with Nossal that such wastefulness is inherent in any system where consumer pressures predominate and is one of the less happy faces of market economics . |
| 11 | Not only is the professional designer faced with a wide variety of hygiene regulations , but in many cases fire officers disagree as to exactly how the fire risk which is inherent within any working kitchen can best be minimised . |
| 12 | More recently , Axelrod and Hamilton ( 1981 ) have shown ( for a slightly altered model ) that Tit-for-Tat is stable against any alternative strategy , and not just against Defect . |
| 13 | It denies the existence of a general obligation to obey the law even in a reasonably just society , though it is argued that just governments may exist , and that in certain circumstances their existence is preferable to any alternative method of social organization . |
| 14 | Equally , a crude general rule condemning all acts of killing is preferable to any other possible rule . |
| 15 | ' ’ We might say that democracy , at this stage , is preferable to any current dictatorship and to many periods of absolutism in the past . |
| 16 | Can we say that it is preferable to any system or order of government that might be devised ? ’ |
| 17 | When work is complete on any given tables the most recent versions of the text of new or modified entries are returned to the archive . |
| 18 | Independent travel by air is possible with any day travel at the same price . |
| 19 | Bearing in mind that retirement in normal health is possible at any age from 50 , directors aged 37 or more should look seriously at this issue . |
| 20 | Reception was , and still is , poor in many parts of the country , but with ingenuity and a certain amount of patient tuning it is possible in any area to pick up services from transmitters in Lusaka , Kabwe , Livingstone and the Copperbelt . |
| 21 | R. R. Dale 's ( 1969 , 1971 , 1974 ) three-volume study focuses mainly on the social advantages , and it is possible in any case to challenge the nature of the superior social development of girls which is argued to accompany mixed rather than single-sex schooling , since one of the things it may involve is breaking down girls ' resistance to the imposition of various stereotypes of femininity to a greater extent than is found in single-sex schools . |
| 22 | I am talking about prisoners who do not want problems in serving their sentence ; they want to serve it in a civilised fashion , where that is possible in any prison regime . |
| 23 | Taking possession of another 's goods will normally be conversion as well as being trespass , but there will be no conversion where the interference is merely temporary and is unaccompanied by any intention to exercise any rights over the goods . |
| 24 | ( iii ) The addition of non-standard do-it-yourself devices can obviously provide a wide range of spectacular additional facilities , but ( except in the unlikely event of the program designers and programmers being in a position to market the additional hardware device with the program ) the use of such devices is impractical for any program intended for use in a range of establishments . |
| 25 | Indeed , in the later chapters we will show that this is impractical for any relatively unconstrained speech recognition system . |
| 26 | Finally , clause 56 states : ’ Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of , or is attributable to any neglect on the part of , a director , manager , secretary or other similar officer of the body , or a person purporting to act in such a capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence . ’ |
| 27 | A Jockey Club statement said : ‘ In the view of the stewards , no error of judgment highlighted by the committee arises from or is attributable to any breach of the rules of racing , nor does any such error of itself amount to such a breach . |
| 28 | In theory it is conceivable for any increase in aggregate demand to raise output and employment levels as long as full employment of the labour force has not been reached . |
| 29 | Historically , world society has become a believable idea only in the last few hundred years , and science , technology , industry , and universal values are creating a twentieth century world that is different from any past age . |
| 30 | It is different from any Byzantine architecture in east or west but owes much of its fundamental character to the Byzantine style . |