Example sentences of "have never [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting laid has never been so cheap in all history . |
| 2 | Whether it is viewed as a physical or metaphysical symbol , the image has never been so degraded as it is today . |
| 3 | ‘ Grammar has never been so easy to teach . ’ |
| 4 | Removing unwanted hair has never been so simple . |
| 5 | In 1932 , for example , Mrs Q. D. Leavis had roundly condemned the cheapening and weakening influences of the popular press and popular novels which produced ‘ merely crude states of mind ’ and what she called ‘ the disintegration of the reading public ’ : ‘ The reading capacity of the general public , it must be concluded , has never been so low as at the present time . ’ |
| 6 | Yes houses have never been so affordable , but confidence equally , has never been so low . |
| 7 | ‘ The importance of a low cell-count has never been so critical . |
| 8 | With Michelle Pfeiffer 's rubber-clad Catwoman whipping up a frenzy at the box office , S&M has never been so chic . |
| 9 | As Brian Richards says , the range of techniques for improving movement in cities has never been so great . |
| 10 | The need for effective communications , both with our members and others , has never been so great as in these times of significant change and development . |
| 11 | ‘ It has better quality people , its productivity has never been so great and yet it is still somewhat traditional in format and operation . |
| 12 | FURNITURE DESIGN HAS NEVER BEEN SO ADVENTUROUS OR SO BOLD . |
| 13 | The pond filter media market has never been so well-served . |
| 14 | This union needs to ensure that all our safety reps take advantage of the new directives , because with a reduction of health and safety inspectors , health and safety has never been so bad . |
| 15 | Having risen strongly over the post-war period until that year , growth stopped ; there have been major fluctuations since , but the total has never been so high again . |
| 16 | The quality in terms of commitment energy and intellect of those coming to join us in our work has never been so high . |
| 17 | For members of the society it has never been so important to know these things . |
| 18 | Ironically , Coppell 's mailbag has never been so full of praise , despite the club being second from bottom of the Premier League . |
| 19 | Trouble is , competition for passengers has never been so fierce and Virgin is still a tiny airline that 's losing money . |
| 20 | If is often said that as people get older they care less what other people think , but it has never been so true as in the last 25 years , when women who were brought up to propitiate the more powerful sex gradually realised that it was no longer necessary — or , at least , not always necessary — to do so . |
| 21 | I was skinny but I 'd never been so healthy in my life . |
| 22 | The judge said it was a mircale that Inspector Paul Kirby was n't hit , and other officers told the court they 'd never been so terrified . |
| 23 | I 've never been so indecisive as I am this time . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've never been so uncomfortable in all my life . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw it in the paper , and I 've never been so pleased about anything in all my life . ’ |
| 26 | While I 'm not a rugby union man myself , I 've never been so pleased to see Will Carling and the boys get an award . |
| 27 | ‘ Going Our Separate Ways We 've Never Been So Close ’ said the caption boldly . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never been so tired in all my life , ’ sighs the whey-faced spinster , and Williams is wryly sympathetic to her plight : unlike Greta Garbo , who uttered that same line in Grand Hotel , she has no possibility of romantic regeneration . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never been so near to causing a dock strike , ’ says Chris , who adds : ‘ I could n't apologise quickly enough and I was forgiven . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never been so humiliated . ’ |