Example sentences of "[modal v] never be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amplifying the target DNA means that obtaining high quality DNA should never be a problem , at least in principle . |
| 2 | rather sorrowfully observes in the course of his judgment ‘ No-one can possibly doubt that ideally there should never be a bench composed of an even number of justices . ’ |
| 3 | Is it intended that there should never be an interchange of information directly by computer but only by request between all European Community police forces ? |
| 4 | There must never be a repeat of this horrendous case ’ . |
| 5 | But listen , Bobbie , and let me tell you this : if you ever come to Victoria again without visiting me , you 'll never be a pall-bearer at my funeral ! ’ |
| 6 | You 'll never be a pipe smoker . |
| 7 | He 'll never be a man , he 's still in the nursery playing with toy bikes . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Sapt said , ‘ but if he does n't get to his coronation today , there 'll never be a coronation for him . |
| 9 | After all , I came along when he must have thought you were safe to be a bachelor for ever and ever , and now he 'll never be a lord and everything . ’ |
| 10 | They 've made it fairly clear to me that I 'll never be a high-flier , but every company needs some people who are n't high-fliers , and that 's all right by me . |
| 11 | The derogatory phrase ‘ he 's not a real polis ; he 'll never be a polis as long as he 's got a hole in his arse ’ quickly set out markers to define who was one of us and who was not . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , I 'll never be a concert flautist . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll never be a singer , however hard you try . |
| 14 | She 'll never be a match for those two old women . |
| 15 | You 've been telling people for two years that you 'll never be an investigator again . |
| 16 | Had he really only taken her on because he fancied her and thought she 'd never be a threat to his position ? |
| 17 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 18 | He said , ‘ You 'd never be a nuisance to anyone . |
| 19 | She was n't tall and she was slightly heavy , but she had a pleasing face with soft eyes ; perhaps she 'd never be a beauty , but age would never make her ugly either . |
| 20 | ‘ There 'd never be a fear of that , ’ she said with feeling . |
| 21 | There is a consideration on one side , and it is said the consideration on the other is the agreement itself : if that were so there could never be a nudum pactum . |
| 22 | Fernando could never be a friend as Steve was . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's why I could never be a Tory . ’ |
| 24 | By temperament he could never be a member of a group , but at the time he was associated with a talented wartime circle which included Max Jacob , the poet Cocteau , the composer Eric Satie , the painters Juan Gris , Kisling , Foujita and , more rarely , Picasso and the sculptors Archipenko , Zadkine and Lipchitz . |
| 25 | In particular it made certain that there could never be a repetition of the evictions that had originally brought the crofts into being . |
| 26 | Fernando could never be a part of her life again . |
| 27 | Is there a chance if it changes so rapidly , that there could never be a vaccine for the whole strain , for the whole H I V virus . |
| 28 | In the present situation , the ASEA could never be a remedy for the ‘ general wastefulness of industry ‘ ; instead , its proper role was in helping employers to get the right kind of boy , and boys to find the right kind of employer and to ensure that training was effective , both in terms of the workshop and of continued education . |
| 29 | There could never be a future with Travis . |
| 30 | After two years her owner felt that she had run out of options : Anna was a horse without a future : she could never be a riding horse , nor would she ever breed . |