Example sentences of "[verb] never [been] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the one Eastern Europe country where the communists had some claim to popular legitimacy in the past , opposition spokesmen freely proclaim : ‘ Czechoslovakia has never been a communist country . |
| 2 | His sally at Descartes when he remarks that there has never been a complete sceptic goes to the heart of the issue and it was David Hume , arch sceptic , who wondered aloud why it was that his scepticism vanished whenever he left his study . |
| 3 | It has never been a strong language because it has produced little or no literature , so that it has seemed to have more of folklore about it than utility . |
| 4 | Getting power out of the Honda NSR has never been a great problem though . |
| 5 | There has never been a better time for supporting the white rose |
| 6 | With all the new and reintroduced varieties now on the market there has never been a better time to grow from seed . |
| 7 | THERE has never been a better time to build a dream home at a bargain price . |
| 8 | There has never been a better time to be a member of the Association . |
| 9 | With bands like Nirvana , the Pixies and My Bloody Valentine beyond reproach from the music press and the record-buying public there has never been a better time to play guitars with manic fervour . |
| 10 | There has never been a Labour Government who have had to face unemployment on this scale . |
| 11 | There are some very good authors in the list , but recalling that there has never been a good book on poppies or penstemons , one might wish for a little more innovation in such lists . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the past hundred years there has never been a real commitment to the formation of a contemporary art collection and the cost of establishing one has not been given much thought ’ , says Corral . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's amazing that Barry Norman , a cosy sort of guy , has ruled the roost on British television for 20 years and there has never been a real attempt to displace him before , ’ says cinema historian and Anthony Hopkins biographer Quentin Falk . |
| 14 | The reality of childbirth has never been a popular subject for art . |
| 15 | Yet it has never been a popular species . |
| 16 | It has always been man-made in its entirety , for there has never been a supernatural source of information . |
| 17 | It is important to note that , since the system began in the late 1920s , there has never been a significant move to split up the schools for use by the separate denominations , something which would have been feasible in the larger towns . |
| 18 | Barnbrook Again was unbeaten last season and there was something radically amiss when he fell on his reappearance at Kempton for which there has never been a satisfactory explanation . |
| 19 | Julie T Wallace has never been a shrinking violet — which is probably just as well , as it would be almost impossible for her to fade quietly into the background . |
| 20 | Social responsibility has never been a Greek characteristic . |
| 21 | Phileas Fogg 's Mexican tortilla chips , Thai chicken satay with peanut dip , French prawn and garlic vol-au-vents , and sundry other delicacies from countries where halitosis has never been a social no-no . |
| 22 | Summer has never been a sufficient compensation for his excesses . |
| 23 | For although Red Rum went on to win two more Grand Nationals in 1974 and 1977 ( and to finish second in the intervening years of 1975 and 1976 ) , and although Crisp beat Red Rum easily the next time they met , there has never been a big race which a beaten horse so deserved to win . |
| 24 | She said to me , ‘ Frankly , like you Dame Edna , the physical aspect of interpersonal relations has never been a big thing with me . ’ |
| 25 | There has never been a British monarch , or before the union of England and Scotland , an English or Scottish monarch , who was deaf . |
| 26 | This has never been the Conservative system … |
| 27 | Mais r-r-rien de plus ! ’ ; and on the other , and also out of his own mouth , ‘ sponging has never been the guiding principle of my actions . |
| 28 | It has never been the Royal Family 's policy to comment on private matters . |
| 29 | Although the Vatican City State abolished the death penalty for all offences in 1969 , there has never been an official statement from the Holy See condemning governments ' use of the death penalty . |
| 30 | There has never been an instant solution , indeed in some cases there has been no solution at all . |