I. determiner
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a little/many/some/any more
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Can I have a little more time to finish?
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Are there any more sandwiches?
any kind
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There was no television, no radio – no technology of any kind.
any number of sth (= a very large number of them )
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There have been any number of magazine articles about the celebrity couple.
any other
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Have you any other questions?
any other
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Saudi Arabia produces more oil than any other country.
any trace
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Officers were unable to find any trace of drugs.
any/every eventuality
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We are prepared for every eventuality.
at any given time/moment
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There are thought to be around 10,000 young homeless Scots in London at any given time.
be in no/any doubt about sth
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The government is in no doubt about the seriousness of the situation.
can’t take any more (= can’t deal with a bad situation any longer )
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I just can’t take any more .
come any nearer
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I’m warning you – don’t come any nearer !
deny any involvement in sth
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The chairman denied any involvement in the affair.
deny any wrongdoing formal (= illegal or immoral behaviour )
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The White House denied any wrongdoing.
didn’t take any notice (= pretended not to notice )
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I waved, but he didn’t take any notice .
do some/any/ no etc work
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She was feeling too tired to do any work.
do some/any/no good (= improve a situation )
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It might do some good if you talk to him about the problem.
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The fresh air has done me good.
hardly any (= very little )
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There was hardly any traffic.
have any pretensions
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The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars.
have no/any/some means of doing sth
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There was no path, and they had no means of knowing where they were.
If by any chance
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If by any chance you can’t manage dinner tonight, perhaps we can at least have a drink together.
if it’s any comfort (= used to say something that may make someone less worried or unhappy )
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If it’s any comfort, you very nearly passed the exam.
If it’s any consolation
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If it’s any consolation , things do get easier as the child gets older.
jeopardize any chance of sth (= make something less likely to happen )
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This could jeopardize any chance of a ceasefire.
no let-up/not any let-up
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The pressure at work continued without any let-up.
no/any self-respecting ... would do sth
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No self-respecting actor would appear in a porn movie.
not ... any the less/no less (= not less )
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Your second point is no less important.
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It’s a common problem but this doesn’t make it any the less disturbing.
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I know he’s done a dreadful thing, but I don’t love him any the less.
not do (sb) any harm also do (sb) no harm (= not have a bad effect on something or someone )
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One or two chocolate cookies won’t do you any harm.
ruin any chance of sth (= make it impossible for something to happen )
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Drinking alcohol can ruin any chance of weight loss.
scarcely any
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The country had scarcely any industry.
take no notice/not take any notice (= ignore something or someone )
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The other passengers took no notice of what was happening.
use any/every means to do sth (= use any method or many methods )
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He will use any means to get what he wants.
without (any) warning
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Police fired into the crowd without warning.
without any/much trouble (= easily )
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The work was carried out without any trouble.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(at) any minute (now)
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And underneath it all was a sour feeling that at any minute the very pillars of life could collapse.
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At any minute Penumbra's killers could burst in here and carry you off.
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His clothes look as if they are re-tailored daily to accommodate any minute fluctuations in weight.
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I was expecting her any minute .
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Linda is due to arrive any minute .
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The police could arrive at any minute !
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The right guy would come along any minute now.
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They said they were sending along at once, so they should be here any minute now.
(at) any moment
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At any moment the current spot exchange rate is the anticipated spot exchange rate discounted to the present.
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Daylight began to fail early, but still we pressed on, knowing that Donald could make an appearance at any moment .
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Her eyes could fly open at any moment , he thinks, and look objectively at him.
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If, for any moment , it overwhelms him that he stands just off-center of it all.
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It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment .
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On the first occasion Bunny was tactful, assuring him she would be sent home in a taxi at any moment .
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The army taught us to fly the machine as if the engine would quit at any moment .
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They went about their business, expecting him to appear at any moment .
(at) any second (now)
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As in any second language situation, the grammatical code which is relied on is the one which is already known.
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At any second , they would begin to breathe.
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He had been ready to go at any second .
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The barriers are so low you feel you could plunge off at any second .
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The casualties of the greatest battle in history would be as nothing, before the carnage that might start at any second .
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The room was unnaturally still about her, but the stillness might shatter at any second .
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They were both breathing fast, and Polly's legs threatened to give way at any second .
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We would be at the hot spot any second now.
any ... you care to name/mention
any amount of sth
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As taxpayers subject to wealth tax, the Chiracs should have declared any amounts of cash they kept during those years.
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But they can give parties any amount of soft money.
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No telephone applications or any amount of pleading will ensure exception to these dates.
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Not that any amount of designer labels would or could reconcile her to the prospect of meeting Antoinette again.
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Rod Bags One item that is invaluable to the angler who does any amount of boat fishing is an electric outboard.
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She went through any amount of stockings in a week.
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Votes can be appreciated more than any amount of money, especially if they can be produced or denied in significant blocs.
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You can highlight any amount of text from a single character to the entire document.
any chance of ...?
any day/minute etc now
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But any day now , his two agents should be arriving from Aden.
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For the black and white believers who gathered at Azusa Street, the answer was simple: any day now .
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His task force is set to deliver its report any day now .
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It should be 239-any minute now .
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The chip set is currently in pre-production; high volume production is due to begin any day now .
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The right guy would come along any minute now .
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They said they were sending along at once, so they should be here any minute now .
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This bloody border war could flare up any day now .
any fool can do sth
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Any fool can make a baby, but it takes a real man to raise his children.
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But it is for you already, any fool can see you're in no shape to continue.
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Conversely, any fool can sit down at a slot machine.
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Of course any fool can write down 1,2,3,4 and even 5,6,7,8 opposite the names of candidates on a ballot paper.
any luck?/no luck?
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Then, with any luck , the boss will start aligning himself with you.
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We won't see his like again, with any luck .
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Well, with any luck she'd get a fair return on her outlay, in deep satisfaction.
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With any luck we may yet have a Congressional Scuba Caucus.
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With any luck , he will have done the same. 2.
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With any luck , people searching for the real site may come across yours first.
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With any luck , the 49ers will have their starting five on the offensive line back for Dallas.
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With any luck , you should see a graph of the data appear.
any old how/way
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By this time nobody was paying any attention, just stamping round any old how.
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Go back to living in proper departments instead of any old how all over the place.
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Like you they want to dance-not just any old way but a la Alvin Ailey.
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The doctors and nurses knew too and just treated you any old way.
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There's some stand any old how, you'd be really ashamed of them.
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They've dropped things just any old how, he thought, listening to the distant chattering of the nomes.
any old thing/place/time etc
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He could play with Orlando any old time.
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If you believed that, then you'd believe any old thing.
any port in a storm
any time (now)
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Any ray of light, emitted anywhere in the universe at any time , will arrive at the omega point.
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As a result, at any time , just the tips of the twigs of any evolutionary tree are on view.
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Electricity was in the air, because the Soviet troops could step in at any time .
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He told me to call him up, or better yet come by and visit his office any time .
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I never describe the bar, so I can use any bar any time without screwing up my contract.
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Like the shares of a listed company, investors can trade them at any time through a stockbroker.
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Mr Bacon was not there at any time .
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Those humans could be back any time .
any way you slice it
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It's the truth, any way you slice it.
any/a given ...
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On any given day in the Houston area, half the hospital beds are empty.
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However, since these charts deal with averages, they may not be appropriate for any given individual.
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In practice this can only be achieved within the constraints of any given indexing language and system.
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It is accepted that within any given population there are natural variations in health status.
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Only 7 lines can be displayed at any given time.
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Signals from the ground are passed from one satellite to another as they move across any given region.
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These standards may vary from country to country and they may be changed from time to time within a given country.
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This knot shape therefore never varies for any given sequence of amino acids.
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We must weigh that in determining whether kids should watch a given show.
as good a time/place etc as any
at any price
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We all want peace at any price .
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Corporate security is not 100 percent effective, at any price .
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From the point of view of other firms, Salomon mortgage traders were cheap at any price .
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He did not want blood, at any price .
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Peace everywhere, for ever, and at any price .
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They can not however expect the Swan Hunter work force to accept the imposition of such working conditions at any price .
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This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price .
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To the targets of those terrible promises, there could have been no course but resistance at any price .
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Ursula wanted her daughter free at any price and did not mind what risks Maurice had to run to bring that about.
at any rate
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That's what they said, at any rate .
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Well, at any rate , the next meeting will be on Wednesday.
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It is assumed that de Reszke was dissatisfied with test-pressings; at any rate , neither was issued.
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Or at any rate , he is with one of the research teams working on the man project.
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Out of the house at any rate .
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Reminder bells went off, at any rate , and I wondered what the story was.
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So, at any rate , was it.
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The fresh cheese with cream was all we, or at any rate I, wanted.
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They were fairly certain he was immune; certain enough to consider it worth the risk, at any rate .
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Under his influence courage was quickened and fear banished, at any rate for the moment.
be in no hurry/not be in any hurry (to do sth)
be none the wiser/not be any the wiser
be not having any (of that)
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As a result, they need to be used on a daily basis, even though you are not having any symptoms.
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But she wasn't having any, and he really wasn't handling that.
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But the bloke next to him wasn't having any of that.
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But they weren't having any of it.
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He'd come and visit, but I wasn't having any trouble with him and life was pleasanter.
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I told her to bring Maggie up to the house to stay, but she wasn't having any of that.
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Lizzy, though, was not having any of it.
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She is not having any success.
by any chance
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Would you, by any chance , know where a pay phone is?
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Are they, as Private Eye might say, by any chance related?
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But before you call anyone, find out if by any chance he has a telephone number in Marshfield.
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Can anyone out there tell me what frequency Radio 5 broadcasts on ... by any chance on shortwave?
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Do you feel, by any chance , awful?
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Does my right hon. Friend by any chance recollect the average inflation rate under the last Labour Government?
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I wanted to ask her if she was, by any chance , called Veronica, but I didn't dare.
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Is Mr Sands awake by any chance ?
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Is there a connection between Jack Benny and Charles Manson, by any chance ?
by any stretch (of the imagination)
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Raising children isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination.
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All good things but not wildly expensive, not by any stretch of the imagination.
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I am very puzzled as to how either of these two items can be cash flows by any stretch of the imagination.
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It could not by any stretch of the imagination be anything else.
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Management is typically the reason people walk out, but it is not 100 percent by any stretch of the imagination.
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Not that Tiptoe could be called a child, by any stretch of the imagination.
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That is not ` good news' by any stretch of the imagination!
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The program isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
by no means/not by any means
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It's difficult, but by no means impossible.
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It's not clear by any means where the money is going to come from to fund this project.
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It is by no means certain that you'll get your money back.
cheap at the price/at any price
come to no harm/not come to any harm
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Fortunately, none of the hostages came to any serious harm .
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I'm sure Craig's old enough to catch a train into town without coming to any harm .
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If you keep quiet, you'll come to no harm .
every/any Tom, Dick and Harry
give me sth (any day/time)
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I don't like those fancy French desserts. Give me a bowl of chocolate ice cream any day.
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And so this rural scene to which we had escaped gave me a frame of reference to understand my parents.
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Half an hour later, I was in a forest eating the bread they had given me.
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I gave her your number and told her to give me five minutes to warn you first.
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Just give me the one with 80 percent meat, 20 percent filler.
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Minna pulled away and gave me a look that was part triumph and part astonishment.
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Thelma, haggard and overly lipsticked, gave me a refill.
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They'd be sorry for me, they'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist.
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This gave me more information about the teams than any of the other committee members had.
go to some/great/any lengths (to do sth)
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Both want to steal the show and they are going to great lengths to do it.
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Dealers, sometimes surreptitiously encouraged by their firms, would go to great lengths to extract information from employees of rival firms.
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Furthermore, bats go to great lengths to avoid confrontations with people.
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George Bush went to great lengths to keep out of his way on the campaign trail.
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The Medieval church went to some lengths to specify the roles of particular stones in religious imagery.
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When uninterrupted by unforeseen or unrecognized obstacles, parents will go to great lengths to provide these advantages for their children.
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Who knows whether Oppenheimer went to any lengths to find anyone who had anything good to say about Stewart.
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Yet Phillips climbed the wall anyway, went to great lengths to hurt his ex-girlfriend.
in any case
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None of us here has ever been bitten, but in any case the spider's bite is not very poisonous.
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About the necessity and effectiveness of surgeries there can in any case be reservations.
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Actually, the public is not very interested in the issue right now in any case .
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And in any case , the more that people take out, the more can be put in.
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It is in any case interesting that one from outside the circle of the Seven Houses can rise so high.
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It was always easier to wind down at home, in any case .
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Lil in any case has a breakfast meeting with those Fox Ghosts I saw snooping around Mephistco on my last trip back.
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Roxborough was a colleague not a friend; and, in any case , Pascoe wanted no-one's company but his own.
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Under political pressure, and inpart because the banks are in any case controlled by their customers, the banks usually comply.
in any/either event
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A routine, in any event , has certainly established itself.
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Anyway, in the 1970s, there had been strong unions, and everything I deplored had happened in any event .
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In practical curatorial terms the abstraction of software is, in any event , something of a pseudo-problem.
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It was in any event difficult to see what compromise could satisfy both Buenos Aires and London.
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Ordering her would be ludicrous under the changed circumstances, and in any event , a waste of time.
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Power is, in any event , a serious problem on the Moon.
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The cost will be passed on to their customers, who are all of us, in any event .
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The processes that have been described will go on in any event .
it wouldn't do sb any harm to do sth
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It wouldn't do you any harm to get some experience first.
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
mean no harm/not mean any harm
no good/not much good/not any good
no longer/not any longer
not any more
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Alex doesn't work here any more .
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At one time doctors recommended red meat as part of a healthy diet but not any more .
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Do what you like. I don't care any more !
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I didn't want to get back inside, not any more .
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Perhaps yes I did love her once but not any more .
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She used to wonder where he'd been in the meantime, but not any more .
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There is no profit to be made there, Guillamon, not any more .
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These procedures are not any more likely to be successful beyond this limit.
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Well, maybe not now, not any more , now the results were so clear.
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Well, not any more than usual.
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Well, not any more , but he did once when I was a kid.
not at any price
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Sorry, the car's not for sale at any price .
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Greens are right to take positions in government, but not at any price .
not by any manner of means
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You know, it isn't all sweetness and light here, not by any manner of means.
not in any shape or form
not in any way, shape, or form
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I am not responsible for his actions in any way , shape, or form.
not just any
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A., not just any burg.
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And not just any old envelope, but a special luxury brand with a griffin watermark.
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But Microsoft was not just any software developer.
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But Starr is not just any prosecutor, and this is not just any case.
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But then Tim Robbins is not just any old movie star.
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Mr Hellyer was not just any adult.
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Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.
not know any better
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Before Sinai, one could argue, the people had the excuse of not knowing any better.
not pull any/your punches
of every/some/any etc description
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Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
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But there is nothing against rugs of any description .
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For example, he wanted to be a member of as many clubs - of any description - as possible.
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Her knowledge of publishing trends, literary history, and books of every description and genre, however, filled rooms.
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It is authorized to decide all cases of every description , arising under the constitution or laws of the United States.
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Superb apple pie with sultanas and cloves, interspersed with crusty bread sandwiches of every description .
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The action must take place against a backdrop of some description , even if it it is a blank black curtain.
of little/no/any etc consequence
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Choosing the gender of your baby is an individual decision of no consequence to anybody else.
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During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events, but they were of little consequence .
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It clearly ranks as the first written literature of any consequence .
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Neither country had other exports of any consequence .
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No signal can be received outside that range but this is of no consequence .
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They were of no consequence , I knew they were of no consequence.
on no account/not on any account
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On no account should you attempt this exercise if you're pregnant.
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You shouldn't sign the contract unless you are sure you understand it. Not on any account .
sb is not getting any younger
sth must not go any further
we're not in Kansas any more
with (any) luck/with a bit of luck
II. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
further
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If you have missed the deadline you need to act promptly to minimise any further charges.
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The heat grows rapidly; the fumes no doubt hinder any further action.
good
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Whether government pressure will fare any better remains to be seen.
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I never got any good at pottery.
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In my opinion it's the only one that's any good .
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Therefore, free will itself is any good only to the extent that it contributes to eventual reproduction.
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I had stolen it from a book, but that didn't necessarily mean it was any good .
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Will it fare any better than previous technology fads?
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Could life get any better than this?
old
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Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.
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Relaxing upstairs in a warm bath, he suddenly realized he was not unwinding in just any old bathroom.
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Like you they want to dance-not just any old way but a la Alvin Ailey.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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David could not stand it any longer.
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I can't walk any farther.
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I don't see how things could get any worse.
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Is Peggy feeling any better today?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this does not make Bush's task any easier.
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Can things get any more explicit?
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If you want to throw up, feel free to now, if that would make you feel any better.
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Now, as he regarded the principal, stripped of his power, my father could not restrain himself any longer.
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On one level, of course, it simply does not matter any longer.
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There is no mileage any more in being a groupie.
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There was nothing of life any more.