Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] can never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this ‘ integration ’ of different institutions can never be perfect . |
| 2 | It is easy to go to the odd verse or two in the Bible and conclude triumphantly that homosexuality is a great evil and homosexual practices can never be condoned . |
| 3 | Growth in iron founding was not without problems although the history of many individual sites can never be written . |
| 4 | First , the discernment of what are legitimate purposes , and what are relevant considerations , within particular cases can never be value-free . |
| 5 | In so far as the exercise of judgement by officials when applying rules to particular cases can never be made entirely unnecessary by the articulation of rules to fit all instances , the values of individual officials will affect the outcome of executive action . |
| 6 | These experiments somewhat underestimate mutation rates because , even where new mutations are held heterozygous against balancer chromosomes , it is impossible to eliminate natural selection altogether if mutations are not completely recessive ; to take the extreme example , dominant lethals can never be accumulated . |
| 7 | For non-Marxists , then , Marxist theories can never be disproved empirically because the theory can always be reworked or ‘ false consciousness ’ invoked to explain any apparent aberrant behaviour which appears to be inconsistent with the general logic of the objective laws of change which Marx originally formulated . |
| 8 | Financial considerations can never be the deciding factor in sentencing . |
| 9 | Certain things can never be blamed on or explained in terms of witchcraft . |
| 10 | Lastly , freedom of speech is necessary since silent alternatives can never be effective alternatives . |