Example sentences of "never [vb -s] the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | It 's at once surreal and introspective , bizarre and brave , but never loses the sense of suspicion which holds it together so chillingly . |
| 5 | It never reaches the heights of drama , of aesthetic beauty , of religious experience that is felt and seen in the contemporary cathedrals and churches of France , Germany and England . |
| 6 | My mother never sees the ghost in Box 5 , but she hears him ! |
| 7 | He fights back like someone under orders ; he never concedes the thrill of revenge or the trembling orgasm of blood . |
| 8 | Jim never escapes the torment of self-doubt , even when in the remote kingdom of Patusan he has given all his energy and his intelligence , as well as his physical courage , to settling internal feuds and establishing prosperity — when , in fact , he has become to his people ‘ Lord Jim ’ . |
| 9 | Such criticism Thurley argued , very convincingly , never bridges the gap between description and interpretation , which for Thurley involves evaluation . |