Example sentences of "ever [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexander firmly believed that man has to delay his instantaneous response to the many stimuli that he is bombarded with each day if he is ever to cope with his rapidly changing environment . |
| 2 | THE flashiest UK Jazz Awards proceedings yet , this time co-sponsored by your favourite newspaper , saw few surprises from the poll winners but some of the best live music ever to support this four-year-old event . |
| 3 | The perception of social advantage in general abstention from collective bargaining is too remote from the circumstances of the individual worker for him ever to support through the ballot box a general prohibition on trade unions , let alone to abstain privately from their immediate protection in a world where there is no reason to expect other workers to confer a reciprocal advantage on him by similar abstention . |
| 4 | In 1928 she became the first person ever to swim the Straits of Gibraltar ( in 12 hrs. 50 min. ) , braving the perils of whirlpools , currents , and sharks . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for the Dwarfs and for the Empire the reigning Emperor was Dieter IV , the Elector Count of Stirland , perhaps the most ineffective and self serving individual ever to sit upon the Imperial throne . |
| 6 | The talks , aimed at tackling practical regional matters such as water-sharing , economic development and the environment , brought together the broadest gathering of Arab states ever to sit at the same table with Israel . |
| 7 | She is very proud of being the first person ever to sit on her ; Pauline broke the pony and the two have done all the training since , with professional help in the later stages from instructor Mal Kendall . |
| 8 | Two very different ways of launching two of the most uncommon cars you will ever see and at one of the most difficult times ever to hit the motor industry . |
| 9 | The indigenous media need more than ever to promote lasting peace with justice , through ecumenical and interfaith dialogue . |
| 10 | Sep 8 1984 Stark Dadaist design classic , included here because it is the only cover story EVER to carry not a single picture , inside or out . |
| 11 | A GIRL of seven has become the youngest person ever to sue for sexual harassment . |
| 12 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |
| 13 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |
| 14 | But I am forbidding you ever to attend another of those meetings . |
| 15 | Like the Flying Dutchman , condemned for ever to roam the world 's oceans , the right hon. Gentleman is condemned for ever to attend debates on guillotine motions in an attempt to expiate his past sins in that area . |
| 16 | Will my hon. Friend assure the House that they will remain in service for many years to come , unlike the scenario if the Liberal Democrats were ever to implement their 50 per cent . |
| 17 | She is the most powerful magician ever to wear the crown of Kislev , and her aloof majesty and inscrutable disposition has caused many to refer to her as the Ice Queen of Kislev . |
| 18 | Carr , one of the best — and unluckiest — players ever to wear the white jersey , has been drafted onto the Ulster selection panel . |
| 19 | Only veteran Phil Carrick has been around long enough to tell them that 45-year-old Robinson was one of the hardest working and most likeable players ever to wear a Yorkshire cap . |
| 20 | Kings of the Kop they once were — the two greatest players ever to wear Liverpool 's No 7 shirt — but neither man can see the relevance of their past to today 's game . |
| 21 | Outside the box he has to be one of the worst centre forwards ever to wear an England shirt . |
| 22 | ‘ This little oasis is a great pleasure to everyone in the area and it would be a travesty if it were ever to go the same way as everywhere else in the Newbury district — for commercial gain . ’ |
| 23 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 24 | Adam , as a child , had been strictly forbidden ever to go in there . |
| 25 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 26 | ‘ I just do n't want ever to go to church again . ’ |
| 27 | I was the youngest prisoner ever to go to Cookham Wood : now they do n't take anyone under twenty-one . |
| 28 | Peter had been trying to prove they should have left him behind ; it had been his father 's idea that he should go , needing the practice if he was ever to go hunting . |
| 29 | * IF * Wilko was ever to go I would want Strach as manager at Leeds . |
| 30 | In fact , the wonderful night they had just shared only made her more determined than ever to go . |