Example sentences of "never [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was indeed a failure of such imagery , but it must be remembered that the very image of society , and in some cases of socialism , the council estate embodied was that imposed by academics and professionals , and never that of the residents , who have neither a place in the construction of that image , nor the means for its appropriation . |
| 2 | The conventional paper label was never possible on a cylinder , since there was insufficient flat space . |
| 3 | He was never shy of a bit of cross-promotion . |
| 4 | This double obedience needs to be remembered throughout these years , for a double obedience is never free from the possibility of conflict . |
| 5 | Lupold was never acceptable to the pope ( to whom he remained the bishop of Worms who had transferred himself to Mainz without papal licence ) and when at the end of 1204 Philip saw hope of victory he made a bad move by sending Lupold to Italy . |
| 6 | But these were never acceptable to the universities . |
| 7 | The standard way to do this journey is by changing at Chester , but I am never averse to a trip on my favourite line , the Cambrian Coast , so we did it via the Ffestiniog and the Conway Valley line . |
| 8 | Another sympathizer was Lord Furness , a self-made man from the very bottom of the ladder , whom the NSFU recalled " as a great shipowner who was never averse to the claims of justice and fair play , always approachable in any difficulty , from whom a case reasonably stated never failed to obtain a patient hearing and who was never spoiling for a fight " . |
| 9 | Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father . |
| 10 | Hygiene was never high on the priorities of Marlowe Street . |
| 11 | Does it worry you that you might never funny in a film again ? |
| 12 | The late Mr Punch was never much of a sportsman . |
| 13 | She was kept in training as a five-year-old with her main target the Ascot Gold Cup , and arrived at the Royal meeting unbeaten in her two earlier races that season : never much of a betting proposition once her ability became apparent , Pretty Polly started at 1000–35 on in the March Stakes at Newmarket and at 11–2 on in the Coronation Cup at Epsom ( despite the presence in the latter of the 1904 Derby winner St Amant ) . |
| 14 | But then I was never much of a businesswoman and I had no close relatives left to turn to for help and advice . |
| 15 | Never much of an orator , Mr Kohl has not sounded convincing in his calls for solidarity with the Gulf allies ; and his reaction to Soviet bullying in the Baltic has been inept . |
| 16 | ‘ I was never much of an athletics fan at all , ’ he explains in thick Teesside tones . |
| 17 | Seen in his context , which was inter-war Cambridge , Leavis was never much of an innovator , and it is hard to see his critical notoriety , which reached its apogee in the 1950s and early 1960s , as anything other than a triumph of style . |
| 18 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 19 | I 'm never rude on the phone I could say she 's not in |
| 20 | Eubank went into the ring the overwhelming favourite at 1–7 and 2–5 to win inside the distance class was never obvious to the spectators . |
| 21 | ‘ Sidacai was never comfortable with the planning or the preparation for a campaign , ’ he said smoothly . |
| 22 | Such analysis suggests the company was never viable from the start and the buy-out should not have taken place . |
| 23 | Irigaray 's version of the specular ( imaginary ) experience corresponds to the flawed retrovizor where the ‘ other eyes ’ represent the non-specularizable ‘ I ’ behind the discourse , the ‘ other author ’ who is never present in the text . |
| 24 | Mount Cook , or Aoraki ( Cloud-Piercer ) as it is called by the Maoris , has suffered from massively shrinking glaciers in recent years , which is never good for a mountain 's constitution , and heavy snowfalls with a recent warm spell have n't helped . |
| 25 | This way the badgers are never startled by the sound of my movements |
| 26 | ‘ No , Cissie , I was never happy as a child . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm never happy with the quality of the work , of its finish ’ . |
| 28 | I 'm never happy with the quality of the work , of its finish . |
| 29 | Money was never short with the bear-leader . |
| 30 | I do n't pretend to understand the man 's mind half the time but he 's never short of a story . ’ |