Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] can never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have taken steps to ensure that the circumstances that led to this tragedy can never be repeated . ’ |
| 2 | Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new . |
| 3 | Characteristics may be refined by breeding to some relatively small degree , but such behaviour can never be fundamentally altered , any more than a dog can be bred into a cat , or a pigeon into a parrot . |
| 4 | But such conduct can never be excused . ’ |
| 5 | It follows that reform can never be guaranteed to work ( as of course research well and truly confirms ) . |
| 6 | The significance of any research can never be merely an internal matter but is very much one determined by the response and judgements of fellow researchers and a fact of research life . |
| 7 | Security in any situation can never be guaranteed but the security that farming provided was obviously appreciated . |
| 8 | Those who argue that an objective science of society is not possible maintain that sociology can never be free from ‘ ideology ’ . |