Example sentences of "[noun] have never been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social responsibility has never been a Greek characteristic . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Medau has never been a static or sterile form of movement . |
| 4 | Getting power out of the Honda NSR has never been a great problem though . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Robert had never been a healthy man and found it difficult to earn a living . |
| 7 | If the pain which he had whenever he had anything the matter with his finger had always been a throbbing pain , and the pain caused by anything the matter with any other part of his body had never been a throbbing pain , then now , on experiencing a throbbing pain , he would naturally associate it with his finger . |
| 8 | The relationship has never been a complete one . |
| 9 | She said to me , ‘ Frankly , like you Dame Edna , the physical aspect of interpersonal relations has never been a big thing with me . ’ |
| 10 | Puzzled , for Dermot had never been a great correspondent , Kelly read : |
| 11 | He said Mr Gilbert 's twin role had never been a satisfactory arrangement . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Summer has never been a sufficient compensation for his excesses . |
| 14 | Certainly Lloyd George had never been a doctrinaire free-trader . |
| 15 | Hickery Holler came into the world 6 weeks ago , but the sad little spider monkey had never been a bright glint in his mother 's eye . |
| 16 | The reality of childbirth has never been a popular subject for art . |
| 17 | Groupies have never been a realistic proposition because the group 's entourage is largely made up of girlfriends . |
| 18 | But my mother 's never been a great one for housework and I think my standards are probably like hers … as long as things do n't get filthy , I 'm happy , but a lot of people would n't be satisfied with that . |