Example sentences of "[det] can never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably , though this can never be wholly proven , the night of Friday , 4 May 1984 . |
| 2 | However , this can never be a free and equal contract , because the individual worker must have work at any price simply in order to survive , while the capitalist ( though needing workers ) can employ or sack any individual he chooses . |
| 3 | This checking role was to be played by the Senate , as John Adams explained : The rich ought to have an effectual barrier in the constitution against being robbed , plundered , and murdered , as well as the poor ; and this can never be without an independent Senate . |
| 4 | This can never be inferior to a logarithmic search ( as n can not be less than one ) and is usually far superior . |
| 5 | The change in her way of living was so vast she could scarcely credit it ; she would stop , sometimes , with the polishing rag in her hand , under the watchful eye of the parakeet , and say aloud : ‘ But this can never be me , not really me ! |
| 6 | Of course this can never be true if the occupation has been entered upon for what one can get out of it — one must never expect virtue to bring a reward . |
| 7 | These can never be anything more than very rough and ready guidelines . |
| 8 | The most interesting question of all can never be effectively answered . |
| 9 | That can never be destroyed . |
| 10 | One might go on to say that if there are two or more consistent interpretations of the lowest level code , then it makes no sense to say that the computer is in fact , say , paying tax refunds rather than doing something else because that can never be more than a matter of pragmatic interpretation by some human users of the thing . |