Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] never been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridgeshire has never been a county dominated by the nobility and gentry , for the degree of manorial fragmentation found there from Domesday Book onwards did not encourage the development of strong lordship . |
| 2 | Scotland has never been a stranger to drug-related violence , though our favourite drug of choice has been legal for centuries . |
| 3 | But , as the realists had earlier pointed out , the ideals of the generality , neutrality , uniformity , predictability and autonomy of law have never been a reality . |
| 4 | Candy had never been a morning bird . |
| 5 | But then , faith and goodness have never been a matter of intellect . |
| 6 | Maybe , in time , realism may prevail , but I see young players with stars in their eyes , and realism has never been a match for that in any walk of life . |
| 7 | TELEVISION has never been a time-filler for me . |
| 8 | Gooch has never been a person to dwell on the past . |
| 9 | That phrase has never been a cliché to me , but an exact description of what I experienced in 1946 . |
| 10 | To Branson , arguments had never been a symptom of animosity ; rather , he and Powell had always argued ‘ like a married couple , knowing you could shout at each other and it would n't matter ’ . |
| 11 | Celibacy has never been a problem for me . ’ |
| 12 | Health has never been a priority in the programmes . |
| 13 | ( Though the city has never been a paradise , especially in warm weather . |