Example sentences of "has never [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she has never seen a real hummingbird . |
| 2 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 3 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 4 | Since then , Labour has never made a generous offer of co-operation with other Scottish groups or parties which recognised their differing views on home rule or democracy . |
| 5 | Two years later the moratorium was confirmed , although it has never become a formal agreement . |
| 6 | There is no champion tennis player who has never served a double fault ; no professional musician who had never played a wrong note ; and no doctor or nurse who has not made an error of diagnosis . |
| 7 | Fribble , still eating his cheese , said , ‘ And the legend has never said a legitimate child . ’ |
| 8 | She has never used a great deal of make-up . |
| 9 | DEC has never used a Western Research Labs-designed computer architecture , although the unit was originally set up to find ways of building the fastest possible computers . |
| 10 | To date , the USSR has never attacked a stronger opponent , but it is not out of character for her to steal a march on her equals when their guard is down . |
| 11 | IBM Corp has now shipped 700,000 copies of OS/2 2.0 since it announced the product on March 31 and claims it has exceeded its initial unit sales projection — ‘ We 're well on track to surpass many industry expectations , ’ it said , but Reuter notes that IBM has previously said its expects to sell ‘ millions ’ of copies of OS/2 this year but has never provided a specific forecast . |
| 12 | A Coventry couple with two children : she has never had a paid job , he worked until recently in a Birmingham car factory where his last take-home pay was £65 . |
| 13 | The American Left has never had a solid basis . |
| 14 | Julian reached a far smaller audience than any of these later reformers and she has never had a decisive effect on the history of Christianity as they did , but she has acquired a considerable following in our own day . |
| 15 | FPB Chief Executive Stan Mendham said : ‘ The private business community has never had a legal format tailored to its needs . |
| 16 | ‘ Laura has never had a proper Christmas , ’ said 26-year-old Fran , back home in Eccles . |
| 17 | The British State has never had a formal foundation in the aftermath of revolution or war , or as the result of an act of will by an enlightened despot . |
| 18 | Bishop Jim Thompson , in Half Way , comments : ‘ The homosexual who has never had a physical relationship , because of religious conviction , or fear , or lack of opportunity , can be subject to the same panic in midlife as the heterosexual spinster or bachelor . |
| 19 | She has never had a stronger string of horses and must be a runner for our Olympic team . |
| 20 | Since 1980 the Theatre Collection has mounted an exhibition every year , but to many people 's surprise and regret , it has never had a permanent display area of its own . |
| 21 | But the company , it seems , has never had a smooth run of it , spending the majority of its time pulling in venture capital . |
| 22 | Outline the evidence that Mercury has never had an appreciable atmosphere . |
| 23 | Frenchman Cedric Pioline , who has never won a professional title , pulled off the biggest shock by dumping top seed Courier 7–5 6–7 6–4 6–4 to open the day . |
| 24 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |