Example sentences of "can [adv] never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is friend , comforter , neighbour and guardian of right in a way that his urban counterpart can perhaps never be again . |
| 2 | Bearing in mind that we can possibly never be sure of the exact positions of the original markers , calculations using the evidence we do have shows a remarkable accuracy within the error parameters imposed by the geometry . |
| 3 | Its ‘ transcendence ’ marks the way in which it can similarly never be limited to a finite totality , nor , conversely , to an infinity : . |
| 4 | It is a romantic vision : Milan can never be Venice , but at such times it can also never be anything but Italian . |
| 5 | James Jenkins 's The Naval Achievements of Great Britain ( c. 1820 ) has a splendid array of coloured aquatints , but can almost never be found with the two portraits of Nelson and Howe . |
| 6 | If we want the situation to be as realistic as possible , we have to accept that we can not control all the variables , and can therefore never be sure that the cause and effect relationships we identify are , in fact , correct . |