Example sentences of "[noun] never [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is certainly true that the central core never issued a single agreed programme , a considerable degree of cohesion does emerge from an examination of their critical writings , and an impression of shared novelistic values is suggested by their willingness ( to a greater or lesser extent ) to appear on the same platform at conferences on several occasions and to accept , however grudgingly , the ‘ nouveau roman ’ appellation . |
| 2 | In 1914 there were only 170 vehicles in the whole army , and throughout the war the officer in charge of the French Service Corps never held a higher rank than lieutenant-colonel . |
| 3 | On this occasion in Dunvegan he repeated his earlier assertion that Burke never made a good joke . |
| 4 | Government influence , ranging from direct bribery to more subtle forms of patronage and manipulation , it has been argued , played the key role in shaping the outcome of elections , with the result that , at least under Anne , the ministry of the day never lost a General Election . |
| 5 | In such an atmosphere of rancour and distrust it was hardly surprising that the magazine never developed a proper editorial identity . |
| 6 | Police never traced a scruffy looking man seen with her the day before she died . |
| 7 | In spite of the fact that women artists never gained a powerful position in the art establishment regarding both the official policy and semi-official theory — if we look at the recent cultural history of Yugoslavia the exceptions can be found to confirm the independence and the distinctive standpoint of women artists . |