Example sentences of "have never been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work of this major artist has never been seen in any depth in Europe . |
| 2 | Whatever , Carmody is an unassailable optimist who has never been seen in anything other than sprayed-on black jeans , winkle-pickered Chelsea boots , leather jacket and cap . |
| 3 | George has shown this to be a satisfactory option , reporting a five year survival of 80% , but this has never been compared in a randomised controlled trial with a treatment regimen . |
| 4 | Although it is common knowledge that dogs have been extensively employed in times of war , most people imagine that the cat has never been exploited in this way . |
| 5 | It has never been listed in the Journal . |
| 6 | In 1983 the Government accepted the Report , though it has never been debated in Parliament . |
| 7 | In actual practice , except when its life was extended in the World Wars , that limit has never been reached in modern times . |
| 8 | ‘ You are talking about a sea which has never been crossed in living memory . |
| 9 | Fortunately there are now many people who think this is wrong , and they do so mainly for the same reason , that is , because the ‘ god ’ spoken of has never been explained in a manner which they themselves can easily understand and believe in . |
| 10 | His words were prophetic , for as I write about it now I realize that it has never been repeated in the thirty-five years that have passed since then . |
| 11 | He has never been studied in a comprehensive exhibition in this country , although twenty-two oil paintings and fourteen works on paper were prominently included in ‘ The Essential Cubism ’ which Cooper curated , with Gary Tinterow , for the Tate Gallery in 1983 . |
| 12 | The notion of randomness is especially unclear , in the sense that it has never been defined in any consistent way . |
| 13 | The principle of popular sovereignty has never been accepted in Britain : instead sovereignty is shared between Parliament and an hereditary monarch . |
| 14 | His Oxfordshire-based Williams team are looking for their fifth consecutive Grand Prix win … a feat which has never been achieved in the history of the sport . |
| 15 | Most of the display has never been used in anger , or self defence . |
| 16 | We have found the leaks , and we have connected all , we have reconnected all of the er supplies , including a supply to the cathedral field , which has never been billed in the past er because of erm damage to their meter , it 's only used twenty seven gallons but twenty seven litres , but whilst I 've been here , it 's a water meadow from the result of the water that we 've been supplying to that particular field . |
| 17 | Critics , though , point to a mediocre record at club level — Harlequins ’ strength in depth has never been reflected in either their cup or league results — and to an England ‘ B ’ record that does not stand any sort of comparison with that of his famous predecessor , Alan Davies ( who England gave the boot ) . |
| 18 | Yet the story of the development of the city 's housing schemes has never been told in full , and particularly not from the point of view of the original tenants . |
| 19 | The Bill is silent on an issue that , so far , has never been addressed in the House . |
| 20 | To scholars of contemporary art , this material will be known from exhibitions at Paula Cooper in New York and from a survey shown at the Jeu de Paume , Paris , and at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia , Madrid , in 1991–92 , but his work has never been shown in such depth in London . |
| 21 | Poorly appreciated during his life and for many years after his death , this period of his work was reassessed by a touring exhibition sponsored by the Hayward Gallery in 1981 , but a substantial group of his later canvases has never been shown in the context of his whole development . |
| 22 | But for confirming the General Secretary 's position as Chairman , the full membership of the Defence Council has never been identified in open Soviet sources . |
| 23 | Evidence from Sweden , where enteriditis has never been found in a poultry flock , shows food poisoning in humans exactly matches the UK profile and , in percentage terms , is running at a higher rate . |
| 24 | However , in many years of examination of ancient jewellery , cadmium has never been found in pieces from excavation , or from otherwise unimpeachable sources , but only in pieces that were suspect on other grounds . |
| 25 | The stunt — which involved jumping out of a hot air balloon attached to a piece of elastic — has never been attempted in Britain before . |
| 26 | Such stories would have never been published in the United Kingdom , for instance , where public officials can hide behind punitive laws of libel and press freedom is less assiduously protected . |
| 27 | The second is : ‘ I 've never been fitted in my life . |
| 28 | They 've never been reviewed in ZZAP ! , though , so unless they slipped out under assumed names I 'm afraid you 've had it . |
| 29 | The problem was that the provisions of the Coal Act had never been tested in court . |
| 30 | He had never been kept in a cell , unlike Sontag and Jacobsen , but in various different apartments where the conditions were always similar : a comfortable mattress on the floor , books to read , and occasionally , a television to watch . |