Example sentences of "never have the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never as in a time like the present — of radical social change in Italy as in other European countries , of the transition from an industrial to a service economy ( Italy 's second major economic revolution in 30 years ) , of the questioning of many social values , above all in the matter of social relations ( between the sexes , between friends , between producer and consumer ) , of profound uncertainty about the future , commingled with fear , anxiety and even expectation — never has the impotence of literature been so apparent , its inability to say the word which , in Montale 's phrase , ‘ squares us off on every side ’ ( Montale 1977 : 47 ) . |
| 2 | Never has the line between celebrity and ambassador been so blurred . |
| 3 | Never has the burden of choice been so heavy . |
| 4 | He has never had the service from midfield that Sharp , Gray and Lineker had . |
| 5 | The young nobleman , Gontran de Boismassif , has just married his equally youthful cousin , but is suddenly acutely conscious that he has never had the facts of life explained to him , and neither his bride nor his tutor ( likewise innocent ) are of any assistance . |
| 6 | Keeping to the domestic front for the moment , what this means is that the conclusions which women reach , no matter how carefully and intelligently they are worked out , can never have the status of decisions . |