Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] never [be] " in BNC.

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1 The evangelical Hannah More , in her Thoughts on the Importance Or the Manners of the Great to General Society in 1788 , noted that : ‘ Reformation must begin with the GREAT or it will never be effectual .
2 Though the ox escape the axe , it has smelt the blood and heard the bellows from the killing-floor , and it will never be fooled again .
3 This is most important in an emergency , its position should be remembered and it should never be boarded up .
4 That is to say , the spin is either " up " or " down " with respect to that direction and it can never be a bit " sideways ' .
5 When I injured the ligaments in my left knee last year , the doctor said I did n't need an operation but it would never be 100% again .
6 Emergency contraception sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used as a regular method of family planning .
7 Emergency contraception ( sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ ) may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days .
8 The daring magnitude of this conception has since been obscured by its almost routine enactment in a series of African countries in the 1960s , but it should never be forgotten that India was the test case , and that at the time success in the execution of such a plan seemed far from assured : only a year before Mountbatten 's appointment the then viceroy , Lord Wavell , had been pressing on the Cabinet his ‘ Breakdown Plan ’ , which consisted simply of the phased evacuation of the British from India without any serious attempt to ensure that a viable , much less friendly , government was installed in their place .
9 But it must never be forgotten that , if this happens , it happens by accident : it can be no part of the system that pupils should be entered for a test because of the age they are or the class they are part of .
10 But it must never be forgotten that the political , economic , cultural transformation of the world by European influences went on right down to 1945 and beyond .
11 Snobbery might be innate in their parents ' way of life , but it could never be admitted .
12 Alan ‘ Fluff ’ Freeman said : ‘ It was quite good but it could never be the same — we were like kids with a new toy . ’
13 This is the most elementary method , which may serve in most modern books , but it can never be relied on with earlier examples .
14 The judiciary can be encouraged , exhorted , informed , reasoned with , but it can never be instructed .
15 It may possibly be seen that in some cases the application of the united front from below is the only possible tactic , but it can never be the case that the application of the united front from above is the only possible tactic .
16 Gradually the ankle got better , but it will never be a hundred per cent .
17 And then after a long pause , he sighed , ‘ But it will never be quite the same . ’
18 There will be times when a fish bait will be the best way of catching big bream , but it will never be the best way all the time , or even most of the time .
19 Such awareness does not govern everything a Home Secretary does or says in public , but it will never be far from his thoughts .
20 It avoids complacency and abuse of subsidy , but it will never be a substitute for properly funded arts .
21 But it will never be obsolete . ’
22 But it will never be the same . ’
23 But it will never be as insufferable as political , social and cultural ignorance .
24 But it will never be solved simply by having more police officers .
25 So , yes , the United States Air Force may be able to destroy cities , plants , installations and people , but it will never be able to be decisive in concluding the battle .
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