Near-rings and near-ring groups with finiteness conditions

it was a clear case of any port in a storm./ [anything] See: HAVE NOTHING ON or NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON, IF ANYTHING. [anything but]{adv. phr.} Quite the opposite of; far from being. /I dont mean hes lazyanything but!/ /The boys knew they had broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office./ [anything like] or [anywhere near] {adv.} Nearly.Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences, often in the negative forms "nothing like" or "nowhere near". /Its not anything like as hot today as it was yesterday./ /Do you think that gold ring is worth anywhere near a hundred dollars?/ /Todays game was nowhere near as exciting as yesterdays game./ /Studying that lesson should take nothing like two hours./ [anywhere near] See: ANYTHING LIKE or ANYWHERE NEAR. [any which way] See: EVERY WHICH WAY. [apart] See: JOKING ASIDE or JOKING APART, POLES APART, TELL APART. [apart from] or [aside from] {prep. phr.} Beside or besides; in addition to. /The children hardly see anyone, apart ...»