Example sentences of "of [noun sg] can never [be] " in BNC.

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1 Second , whilst waiver of past breaches of contract can never be revoked , the effect of estoppel is to suspend obligation which may be revoked with reasonable notice .
2 But the campaigns they inspired have helped to show that the forms and practices of literacy can never be ‘ neutral ’ — they always have a political or ideological bias .
3 From whatever standpoint or philosophy , works of art can never be judged as essential to basic living .
4 This account , whose origins in German Romanticism are obviously comparable to Marx 's , points to the subsequent difficulty for Marxism itself : the lost ‘ spontaneous ’ totality of being can never be retrieved .
5 Changes in storage practice , materials and containers sometimes take place without due regard for their effect on protective systems and the possibility of other forms of improvisation can never be eliminated .
6 As for worship , or religious observance as the legislation calls it , I agree entirely with Marjorie B Clark that ‘ compulsory acts of worship can never be educationally justified ’ .
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