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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _ignore_request(self, path):
 """Check to see if we should ignore the request."""

        return any([
            re.match(pattern, path) for pattern in QC_SETTINGS['IGNORE_REQUEST_PATTERNS']
        ])