Example sentences of "have never been [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Literature — above all fiction — has never been a notably gentlemanly profession in Britain , as Dickens and H. G. Wells illustrate ; and the Bloomsbury group had been upper middle-class rather than aristocratic . |
2 | Vote now , pay later has never been a more frightening truth . |
3 | SIR — The late , great Mr. X , of whom there has never been a more acute analyst of the golf swing , was always emphatic about the ‘ right shin post ’ , as he described it , being an essential requisite of a good swing . |
4 | A financial problem nevertheless persists as the Association , apart from statutory grants for special projects is entirely dependent on private generosity , and deafness has never been the most popular cause for charity . |
5 | THE Roman Catholic Church has never been the most liberal institution in its views on homosexuality . |
6 | ‘ You 've never been a particularly satisfactory child , but your behaviour right now is a disgrace ! |
7 | In Britain , despite the development of forms of democratic political institutions , the idea of an independent and consequential public opinion had never been a very serious consideration . |
8 | There had never been a more insolent ambush . |
9 | There 's never been a more attractive way to see what GLA can do for you . |
10 | The Church of England is also responsible for some homes , but unmarried mothers have never been a very popular cause for charity funding , and therefore these often depend mainly on local funding . |