Example sentences of "never to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his fifties he was to return to the Liskeard area , the ‘ land of his fathers ’ , and make notes for a book on Cornwall ; alas , never to be completed . |
| 2 | He is strongly motivated by a desire for the collection never to be split up again . |
| 3 | Planting it outside the backdoor was a sure way of keeping witches out of the house , and it was thought never to be struck by lightning ; cutting it brought bad luck , and traditionally it was the wood the Cross of Calvary . |
| 4 | Its significance rested upon its ability to censure the High Authority and to demand its collective resignation , a blunt sanction that was never to be applied . |
| 5 | But such is the treacherous role of the trade union leadership that the victory over Grunwick management which had once seemed so near is now likely never to be realised . |
| 6 | Bodily functions were never to be acknowledged . |
| 7 | In the interests of preserving my sanity , here is my definitive opinion on this subject , never to be referred to again . |
| 8 | It was a debt that was never to be repaid by the politicians or the generals of both sides , no matter how many red poppies were later bought or how many ‘ Last Posts ’ were sounded on dismal anniversaries . |
| 9 | The line of descent may be further restricted by making the estate an estate in tail-male , i.e. one descendible only to males and only in the male line , or conceivably ( though in practice this appears never to be done ) in tall-female descendible only to and through females . |
| 10 | Never to be pitied . |
| 11 | Later in April discussions on the Fouchet Plan were abandoned , never to be resumed . |
| 12 | How often are gender issues , if included at all , confined to one section of the curriculum , never to be raised again in other areas ? |
| 13 | This threat was never to be fulfilled , for Godfred was conveniently murdered , and his successor and nephew , Hemming , made peace with the Franks . |
| 14 | Patrick had made it a rule that he was never to be disturbed in the mornings , but that she might bring him urgent interruptions in the afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ And I think the sufficiency of the sentence is never to be called in question , nor any inquiry to be made here into the reasons of the deprivation . |
| 16 | He had a calm lean face never to be called handsome and if he looked up he would put on his quick protective smile to say Do n't ask about me I 'm all right talk about somebody else … |
| 17 | The er , the very important experiences of this story were never to be received into his work . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory . |
| 19 | Children 's sex organs are never to be exposed . |
| 20 | In the event of Conservative defeat , one of the great questions never to be answered would be whether a decision to postpone full-scale implementation of the various forms of opting-out , in favour of local experiments , might have saved them . |
| 21 | Scenes of actual childbirth , in fact or in silhouette , are never to be presented . |
| 22 | He left a gate open and Mr Cod wandered off , never to be seen again . |
| 23 | Is it possible that the statue which was scientifically examined was actually the copy , and the original — the only complete Roman bronze statue to have been discovered north of the Alps — was sent off to Spain , never to be seen again ? |
| 24 | It used to display a fine series of Flemish tapestries but these were ‘ gifted ’ to von Ribbentrop , Hitler 's foreign affairs advisor , never to be seen again . |
| 25 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 26 | The wireless truck and its crew , however , had totally disappeared , never to be seen again . |
| 27 | Sapphire is murdered after consummating her relationship with a White student ; in A Taste of Honey , Jimmy is despatched once he has had sexual relations with Jo , never to be seen again ; in Flame in the Streets Gaby Gomez is badly burned ; in the same film Peter Lincoln manages to escape ‘ punishment ’ , other than a humiliating first encounter with his White fiancèe 's father , Jacko , but then the progression of the narrative is frozen before closure . |
| 28 | The window had , during the summer months , more than its fair share of flies , whilst the proprietor was never to be seen in the shop without a flat black cap on his head and cigarette end dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 29 | The guzzling of our resources is even more worrying when one realises that two-thirds of the energy produced in a power station floats straight out of the cooling towers , never to be seen again . |
| 30 | It was never to be seen again ! |