Example sentences of "have never been the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been the principle of any health service management that the acceptance of a referral means that the person referred will be seen tomorrow . |
| 2 | Although Beveridge argued that once older people had worked a full course and fulfilled ‘ the obligation of service ’ they were to receive ‘ an adequate income to maintain them ’ , this has never been the case in practice . |
| 3 | This has never been the case . |
| 4 | In many instances this has never been the case , which has left the door open for people who regard rabbits as a pest to use the most drastic and least sporting methods . |
| 5 | Needless to say , this has never been the case , although in the 1960s much excitement was temporarily generated by what appeared to be a relationship between the possession of an extra Y chromosome and persistent crime ( see Hall Williams , 1982 , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 6 | It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward . |
| 7 | Although the general principles underlying the decision have several times been endorsed by the superior courts , the decision itself has never been the subject of a direct challenge , and its implications have not been fully confronted by the higher courts . |
| 8 | It has never been the Queen 's style to rant and rave when things have gone wrong — and in truth she has never needed to . |
| 9 | Standardisation has never been the IT industry 's strong point , and the answer is ‘ probably not ’ . |
| 10 | It has never been the policy of National Parks to accept large housing estates , but applications for tourist complexes are now cropping up with alarming frequency at planning meetings . |
| 11 | But availability of coal resource has never been the industry 's problem — the essential difficulties are lack of demand and high cost of production . |
| 12 | It has never been the intention of Guitarist to augment dealer ads with sycophantic reviews , either . |
| 13 | I am pleased to see the Secretary of State for Social Security in his place , because he has said that the decision in January 1991 to stop such payments was taken because ’ It has never been the intention , nor is it sensible , that in the generality of cases Housing Benefit should be available as an alternative to income support ’ . |
| 14 | That has never been the County Council 's interpretation of the of the relationship between er this criteria and the Selby coalfield . |
| 15 | But ref Snoddy , with vast experience of World Cup and European football , insisted : ‘ It has never been the custom for referees to be paid their expenses in cash — or for clubs to hand over the money . ’ |
| 16 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 18 | The frequency of association of simple renal cysts with any of these symptoms , however , has never been the object of controlled epidemiological study , and certain important questions therefore lack definite answers . |
| 19 | Apparently , it has never been the practice to submit to justices a proposed draft order reflecting the terms that have been agreed between the parties . |
| 20 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 21 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 22 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 23 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 24 | Moreover , political supremacy and the absence of a strong Tory challenge led to a breakdown in Whig unity ; as a result , many of the Parliamentary struggles under the first two Georges saw Court Whigs being opposed by a combination of out-of-office Whigs , Country Whigs , and Tories , to an extent that had never been the norm during the rage of party under the later Stuarts . |
| 25 | The head of the regional justice administration in Bamberg had also observed ‘ a sharp increase and intensification in criticism of the political and military leadership ’ and , ‘ what had never been the case before , to a growing extent of the person of the Führer , who is made responsible especially for the events in Stalingrad and in the Caucasus ’ . |
| 26 | A transfer of other real property , such as the holiday home to the wife , will give rise to a capital gains liability if at the time of the transfer , as is more than likely , the parties are separated in such circumstances as are likely to prove permanent or are separated under a court order ( see p16 ) ( see , for example , Aspden v Hildesley [ 1982 ] 1 WLR 264 where a transfer of property which had never been the husband 's main residence was made to the wife six years after the parties separated ) . |
| 27 | She had never been the sort of girl to hang around , waiting for a man . |
| 28 | Subtle word-play had never been the Conducator 's forte . |
| 29 | Er it was ne it 's never been the road that it was prior to that . |
| 30 | And it 's never been the road it was . |