Example sentences of "a [noun sg] can never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence a transferee can never be certain of obtaining an absolute title in the case of an off-market transaction . |
| 2 | A shepherd can never be sure at what hour he 'll be done for the day , but the priest 's man leaves Upton as soon as Vespers is over , and so he did this time . |
| 3 | A rule can never be appreciated apart from the reasons on which it is founded " . |
| 4 | A signifier can never be fixed to a particular concept . |
| 5 | The unplanned incident which sparks a conflict can never be ruled out , but on this occasion diplomacy is likely to win . |
| 6 | The cost of a relationship can never be totally abolished , but it can be minimised by extending the common interests . |
| 7 | For example , the 1971 Act prevents single mothers from bringing their children into Britain unless they can prove sole responsibility ; and a woman can never be regarded a ‘ head of a household ’ unless her husband is mentally or physically handicapped . |
| 8 | With the growth of international lending in both domestic and foreign currencies most banks have increased their staff numbers and resources devoted to the assessment of country risk , although it has to be recognised that such a subject can never be reduced to an exact science . |
| 9 | ‘ If things are as you say , then a man can never be sure of his wife ; never be sure that he 'll find her there when he comes home at the end of the day . |
| 10 | And that statement , given that such a book can never be complete nor , when based as it is on Burke 's volume , without error , is true . |
| 11 | ‘ What you 're saying is , ’ she said , ‘ that one should n't even whisper it in the wind on the hill-tops because once said a thing can never be unsaid ; that expression gives power to thought ; that even the clear though unspoken formulation of a nebulous impression may be dangerous , giving it a force and potency which silence or merely a lack of clarification would deny to it . ’ |
| 12 | The father in a family can never be satisfied if his children clean his shoes and lay the table , but never talk to him , and never hug him . |
| 13 | Such undertaking may be given orally or in writing , though a solicitor can never be compelled to give an undertaking . |