Example sentences of "[vb past] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | This stunted any development and modernisation and kept China in a backward state . |
| 2 | Franco reacted in this way not because Yagüe 's attitude posed any real threat to his position , but because it represented indiscipline . |
| 3 | It was not that he posed any real threat ( although he was discussing collaboration with moderate socialist exiles ) . |
| 4 | The US army denied that radiation from the munitions posed any widespread hazards . |
| 5 | The manufacturers ' organisation , the Biscuit , Chocolate and Confectionery Alliance , denied that the levels of pesticides found in the chocolate posed any health risk . |
| 6 | And it never wandered any more after that it was seen enough of the big bad world outside . |
| 7 | We do not know whether the [ auditors ] were asked to make the valuation on behalf of the company ( which presumably was interested in the value of its own shares ) or on behalf of [ the buying and selling shareholders ] , nor do we know whether the [ auditors ] charged any fee for this valuation , and , if so , to whom , or whether they made their valuation as part of their ordinary duties as the company 's auditors . |
| 8 | Neither paper maintained any correspondents away from the line-of-rail . |
| 9 | No one pretended any such thing . |
| 10 | He was paid an annual sum by the British and tried any cases where there was a problem between them and the Portuguese . |
| 11 | I do n't think we actually used any of them in the end but it has got that cinematic imagery to it . ’ |
| 12 | Companies in the survey were asked if they used any mechanisms to protect themselves against poaching by other businesses employing headhunters . |
| 13 | It was hidden away down a dingy little cul-de-sac ending in a railway embankment and a station hardly anyone used any more . |
| 14 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 15 | In addition , he used any contacts he had in the services , or the Government , in case they could be of help . |
| 16 | It was a month before he used any of the money from the locked drawer in his mother 's room . |
| 17 | ‘ But they never sank any ship I was on . |
| 18 | In effect we have considered this already ( Chapter 2 ) when we described how delayed retiring times did not tend to be associated with longer sleeps ; it was a rising body temperature that curtailed sleep and over-rode any need for more sleep that might have existed . |
| 19 | John could see some trivial improvements but deferred any mention of them . |
| 20 | Had you broken them in properly or carefully plastered any sore areas beforehand ? |
| 21 | The Harter Act voided any bill of lading clause that sought to relieve the carrier from the consequences of negligence in proper loading , stowage , custody , care , or proper delivery of the goods . |
| 22 | It also voided any disclaimer or limitation of the owner 's obligation of due diligence in regard to seaworthiness , or in equipping the vessel . |
| 23 | There is no evidence that such goods moved any great distance from their place of:manufacture and no reason why this should be necessary . |
| 24 | All effective forms of organization must be capable of resolving perennial problems which beset any administratively co-ordinated , recurrent ad routine activities that occur between transacting agencies . |
| 25 | By contrast , the 1987 intake included a mere nineteen MPs who were farmers or landowners , and only twenty-four who listed any kind of field sports as a recreation , a far cry from the party of thirty years earlier . |
| 26 | She was wearing — barley — another creating in cling silk , which drew any approving eyes . |
| 27 | She stroked any possible offence from the air in a good imitation of worldliness . |
| 28 | Jones later apologised over his 25-minute contribution to the tape and promised any profits would go to charity . |
| 29 | The German authorities denied that they promised any of payments or leniency towards the two Hamadei brothers held in a German prison [ see pp. 38455 ; 38695 ] . |
| 30 | Her throat would never produce a sound again if she shouted any louder . |