Example sentences of "can never [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents , never teach your children to love folklore , for folklore and high culture can never be friends . |
| 2 | The UN has ruled this out ; the argument is that , as Serb areas in Bosnia and Croatia can never be part of Serbia , Kosovo is and must remain part of Serbia . |
| 3 | It is a romantic vision : Milan can never be Venice , but at such times it can also never be anything but Italian . |
| 4 | A reader of any given text can never be 100% sure of the writer 's original intentions ; they can only select the most likely interpretation of the marks on the paper , based on their outward appearance and the various sources of linguistic and general knowledge . |
| 5 | As Fokine said : ‘ There can never be revolution in dance , only evolution , because the human body remains as it always has been , a living apparatus which can only move in certain well-defined ways . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You can never be 100pc confident when you go into the championships , but as long as you 're playing well you should be okay . ’ |
| 7 | He can change his ministers ; but unless he is a transcendent genius he can never be master of the conduct of affairs . ’ |
| 8 | Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell believes Walsh to be the hardest bowler he has kept to because of his variation : ‘ You can never be stay in the right place — one ball will hit you in the chest and the next wo n't really come through . |