Example sentences of "never [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charm was never the strong suit of the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) — indeed , I think that he is wearing his only suit . |
| 2 | So law was never the exclusive possession of the ruling class ; rather it provided ‘ an arena for class struggle , within which alternative notions of law were fought out ’ ( Thompson , 1979 : 299 ) . |
| 3 | But in Birmingham the railways were never the principal means of transport for the urban commuter . |
| 4 | But they 're never the right size for that it wants . |
| 5 | The Christian communicator is never the primary source of the message in the sense that one is not the originator of that which one is seeking to convey . |
| 6 | These criticisms often relate to the inevitable problems of producing standard forms of contract which have to suit all situations , and which are therefore never the perfect answer to any particular project . |
| 7 | Never , never the perfect design by the architect . |
| 8 | To my knowledge there was never the slightest justification for this discreditable course of conduct ; nor was it employed by the reputable members of the Opposition . |
| 9 | Both his mother and sister said Mr Lee was never the same person after spending time in prison . |
| 10 | I found myself hanging on to that spirit , first at the office of Policia de Investigationes del Peru ( motto : ‘ Honor y Lealtad ’ ) where it was never the same man on my case . |
| 11 | His main concern was road safety , but he was never the same man after 1982 . |
| 12 | Wherever he was there would be a woman , but never the same woman for very long . |
| 13 | A flight from positivism has been witnessed in recent years in the social sciences , and the argument appears to be now widely accepted that since knowledge is never the direct product of experience . |
| 14 | They are never the proper subject for comedy . |
| 15 | He worked doggedly for beauty , sonority , exactness ; perfection — but never the monogrammed perfection of a writer like Wilde . |
| 16 | That was never a palatable option for the General . |
| 17 | In our case , it was never a simple matter of trust , once having been won , being taken for granted , as the textbooks suggest . |
| 18 | The homeostat , the automaton concerned only to preserve its own equilibrium , was never a convincing model of human behaviour . |
| 19 | I want , I think , I , I , I. Never a real thought for anyone else . |
| 20 | And never a pleasant word from a gruffy-looking Turk . |
| 21 | Certain teams did become very loosely identified with Catholic or Protestant support in Liverpool and Manchester , but this was never a prominent feature of English football or a significant source of violence . |
| 22 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 23 | The regular army was never a good career for a poor gentleman , for its strength fluctuated too greatly , with new units created in an emergency and as quickly disbanded with the return of peace . |
| 24 | There is never a good time for the tax-man to call . |
| 25 | While the secret lay within the grasp of a few , there was never a great danger of a nuclear exchange — except for an accidental one . |
| 26 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 27 | ‘ There is never a typical day as such , ’ says Marlene . |
| 28 | The need for sound social democratic education was never greater than it was today and there was never a better opportunity for the building up of a strong National Socialist Party . |
| 29 | There is never a better gift for a musician to give than to offer their talent and it being received . |
| 30 | But when she goes into the economics of food , admits the ‘ luxury ’ of aesthetic choice , and gets John Berger off the charge of ‘ bourgeois pastoral ’ or ‘ the consolatory celebration of a fictive rusticity ’ , you have a writer for whom politics was never a mere function of style . |