Example sentences of "[v-ing] any kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iran took part in the summits of the Non-Aligned in 1979 and 1983 , and the new Iranian constitution defined the basis of the country 's foreign policy inter alia as ‘ ending any kind of domination , … practicing non-alignment with respect to the dominating powers and maintaining mutual peaceful relationships with non-belligerent nations ’ . |
| 2 | As Josephus says : ‘ They also do not value dying any kind of death , nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends , nor can any such fear make them call any man Lord … ’ |
| 3 | Legal documents , by that I mean be very wary of signing any kind of legal document in a shop . |
| 4 | If you sign the document in your own home , as you would do with a doorstep salesman , er then the law does give you a chance to change your mind , although I hope for goodness sake you would all be very wary about signing any kind of legal document thrust under your nose from a doorstep salesman . |
| 5 | He had , during one terrible crisis , taken off his coat and acted as Sparks to the electricians and stage crew without causing any kind of trouble with the unions . |
| 6 | The difficulties of translating any kind of new knowledge into practice are formidable and complex . |
| 7 | A standard method for searching any kind of database ( and a lexicon with various pieces of additional information can certainly be thought of as a database ) on a key other than the primary one ( the primary key for a lexicon is the word itself ) is by using inverted list structures ( Claybrook , 1983 ; Date , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Such an approach might begin by adopting Goffman 's ( 1976 ) distinction between systems-constraints and ritual-constraints , where the first labels the ingredients essential to sustaining any kind of systematic interweaving of actions by more than one party , and the second those ingredients that , while not essential to the maintaining of interaction , are nevertheless typical of it they are , if one likes , the social dimensions of interaction . |
| 9 | His policy seems to be to stop the opposition at all costs from establishing any kind of rhythm and hope that two quick and nimble forwards in Alan Lawrence and Owen Coyle can snatch whatever chances may come their way . |
| 10 | He coached abroad on a number of occasions , always refusing any kind of payment , even for his expenses , and his three visits to Harvard between 1896 and 1898 were rewarded by an honorary degree . |
| 11 | You must have the correct access equipment before attempting any kind of roof work . |
| 12 | ‘ The security requirements for those holding any kind of firearm have been increased considerably and these are rigorously enforced by the police . |
| 13 | There was nobody in a position of power in Iran , he believed , but ‘ irrational lunatics ’ , with whom ‘ we did n't have the slightest possibility of getting any kind of an improved relationship ’ . |
| 14 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 15 | And I think you should have a fairly good friendship before having any kind of sexual relationship . |
| 16 | I suddenly realized recently that I 'm so far short of having any kind of representational experience that I just do n't know what 's going on in this country . |
| 17 | She was on guard all the time and not used to having any kind of affection . |
| 18 | Oh , and he asked if I 'd ever seen Angy having any kind of disagreement with anyone and I had to tell him about that little contretemps with Mr Willard and young Godfrey Mellish . ’ |
| 19 | While in ( 16b ) the speaker is not represented as having any kind of expectations at all , in ( 16a ) he is : the sentence with the infinitive means that the speaker was hoping for someone to come to his assistance even before this happened . |
| 20 | With so many others in the dole queue , all desperate to find work , having any kind of handicap makes it almost impossible to move up the line . |
| 21 | A further unforeseen difficulty for schools doing any kind of agricultural work has been the widespread drought of the mid-1980s , which is still affecting some parts of the country . |
| 22 | When you had the nightmare , I assumed it was because you 'd had a lot of men without ever reaching any kind of genuine ecstasy with them . ’ |
| 23 | I would therefore advise against taking any kind of drugs , not just because it is unsporting , or because of the threat of severe penalties on discovery , but also because of the adverse effects any drug regime has on the mind and body . |
| 24 | This is particularly useful for people learning any kind of practical skill — how to assemble delicate instruments , how to apply bandages , how to serve at tennis . |
| 25 | Making arrangements with individual area secretaries works against the objective of achieving any kind of balance within or between Regions . |
| 26 | Two central problems were highlighted : the difficulty of achieving any kind of change when so many groups had power of veto over decision-making , and the lack of direction and leadership from the centre : " units and the authorities are being swamped with directives without being given direction " ( p. 12 ) . |
| 27 | Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all . |
| 28 | She thought about it without finding any kind of answer , and then she thought about the futures of her nursery-school children and others among the children of Dynmouth . |
| 29 | He has little or no social life and has severe problems in evolving any kind of friendship . ’ |
| 30 | When selecting any kind of baby product , the essential requirements to consider are comfort , safety and ease of use . |