Example sentences of "[that] be never [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 In the field of ideas we rarely design transition ideas : ideas that are never meant to be permanent .
2 Artificial plastic beams are frequently introduced , ceilings are stripped of plaster to reveal floor joists that were never intended to be seen , other timbers are artificially blackened to create a supposedly ‘ traditional ’ though in fact inauthentic ‘ black and white ’ effect and render or plaster is removed from walls to produce ‘ rustic ’ charm .
3 ‘ The Midlands tried back moves that were never going to work against international opposition . ’
4 Material written in the hope or the expectation that it will be published is going to be different from material that is never expected to be read by anyone other than the author and perhaps a close friend .
5 Appropriately enough , in this strange world of not-so-covert agents and hackneyed dramatic devices , it was a secret document that gave the game away : a document that was never meant to be there at all .
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