Example sentences of "have never [been] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Vatican City State abolished the death penalty for all offences in 1969 , there has never been an official statement from the Holy See condemning governments ' use of the death penalty . |
| 2 | There has never been an instant solution , indeed in some cases there has been no solution at all . |
| 3 | Accountancy has never been an exact science and , while grey areas exist in the general application of its principles , the Professional Standards Committee will continue to play a role . |
| 4 | Dublin has never been an important element in the mythology of Irish nationalism . |
| 5 | It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term . |
| 6 | I had always found visiting my mother-in-law difficult ; it had never been an easy relationship . |
| 7 | He had never been an impressive priest — dispensing sacraments , sermons and whist-drive announcements with the same patient ennui , like a weary shopkeeper who has forgotten why he ever started to sell . |