Example sentences of "can never [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order to create wealth can never justify permanent damage to the balance of nature . |
| 2 | At the moment , it does n't seem to be working and it may be that we can never return this owl to the wild — it certainly would n't survive as it is . |
| 3 | Well you can never anticipate any breach of security , I mean that 's why you have security in the first place , in order to prevent things from happening . |
| 4 | Before buying an Akita you can never have enough advice from as many sources as possible . |
| 5 | I am not suggesting that you can never have another cup of coffee or tea but that here , as in many other areas of life , moderation is the best policy . |
| 6 | Can older people exert their corporate purchasing power in this fashion , or do their tastes vary to such an extent that they can never have this kind of combined approach ? |
| 7 | I can never see much colour in it , though it looks slightly off-white . |
| 8 | Finally , the variety of ways in which linguistic terms have been applied to literary narrative suggests that even in the most linguistically conscious theories of literature , the role of linguistics remains subservient : it can never supply literary analysis with prescriptive procedures when it is operating at this level of the literary text . |