Example sentences of "was [that] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most extraordinary things about the man 's mind was that any check , any set-back , to some sweet hypothesis , far from dismaying him , seemed immediately to prompt some second hypothesis that soon appeared even sweeter than the first . |
| 2 | In medieval times , the normal presumption of the courts was that any history or implication of consent on the part of the woman was a valid defence to an appeal of rape . |
| 3 | My understanding was that any provision made in accordance with I twelve did not count towards I five |
| 4 | Broadly , apart from the incorporation of East Germany following German unification [ see p. 37659 ] , the Commission 's attitude was that any expansion of the EC 's membership could not be considered until after the implementation of the single internal market , scheduled for the end of 1992 . |
| 5 | All that the legislation provided for was that any loss incurred by the local authorities , as a result of carrying out the regulations , would fall as a charge upon the Exchequer . |
| 6 | l he general conclusion reached here was that any attempt to get behind the early church 's proclamation of Jesus to what Jesus himself had actually believed about himself could only be built on psychological conjecture and historical guesswork . |
| 7 | A strong IBM theme was that any attempt to penalize IBM would simply lead to an increased Japanese market share . |
| 8 | Another modification introduced in 1992 was that any business which moved into new premises would inherit the transitional relief ( i.e. the phasing in allowance ) of the previous occupant . |
| 9 | The American view of the Middle East situation was that any failure of British colonialism to come to terms with Arab Nationalism would open the door to Communist infiltration and eventual domination of the area . |
| 10 | Her biggest fear was that any hint that she might have formed an attachment for someone else would see her husband not waiting for her to agree to a divorce , but scandalising her parents by attempting to do the divorcing himself . |