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

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1 One can never be defeated if one stands on a matter of morality . ’
2 So , Coward is elevated to join the likes of Greed ( 1923 ) and Paisa ( 1946 ) and Le jour se lève ( 1939 ) , but Manvell cautiously refuses to bestow individual plaudits , preferring to see the film as ‘ one of those rare films for which one can never be sure to whom the real credit is due … an example of the unity achieved by the cooperation of many creative minds ’ .
3 One can never be sure . ’
4 And anyway , I 'm only there for a very small part of the year ; I spend most of my time at school , where there 's twelve beds to a room … dorm … and one can never be alone , it 's not allowed . ’
5 This is a problem which again requires the utmost tact and diplomacy , for one can never be sure of the reaction of a guest on hearing sad news .
6 Thus I might argue that to know you must be certain , but that one can never be really certain and hence one can never really know .
7 One can never be entirely sure of anything in this world , can we , Theo ? ’
8 One can never be sure , but I do n't think so .
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