Example sentences of "it [vb -s] never [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been docile — the press was resisted with great violence in both North and South Shields in the early nineteenth century — but it has always been ordered . |
| 2 | It has never been water-tight so whenever it rains , water seeps out along the concrete panels , or drips into the middle of somebody 's living room . |
| 3 | It may be the last word in consumer issues but it has never been available on news stands . |
| 4 | The technology for these new industries was always backward by world standards , and it has never been possible to find secure markets outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 5 | These eight tasks of audit can not be carried out in smaller schools — schools in which it has never been possible to develop subject differentiation to the same degree as in larger schools . |
| 6 | BBN last escaped the axe in 1986 and was subsequently revamped under its current editor Jennifer Creswick , but it has never been far from the blade as the Council has been forced to cut back over the years . |
| 7 | Over the years , it has never been certain , except in the very simplest cases , what comes first in scientific research . |
| 8 | As Raynor ( 1969 , Chapter 2 ) argues , the ‘ middle class ’ was never homogeneous ( in particular it has never been equivalent to Marx 's ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ) , but nonetheless its degree of heterogeneity has been greatly increased over the post-war years , and the shift in the distribution of social labour analysed above has accelerated this process . |
| 9 | In Japan and traditionally eco-friendly European countries such as Switzerland and Denmark , it has never been popular . |
| 10 | The book appeared in early 1872 , beset with controversy from which — with good reason , one may think — it has never been free . |
| 11 | It has never been able to reach the Godavari , Tapti or Nerbudda systems , even though their northern tributaries are very close to the source streams of the Ganges . |
| 12 | It has never been able to serve as a unifying force and if anything has been more of a divider . |
| 13 | It was very much the custom of most churches in central Oxford , even though it has never been obligatory in the Anglican Communion . |
| 14 | After impetuously hijacking the tapes of a feature on trade unions which C4 's nervous bigwigs wanted cut , he did n't make another appearance on the show , and it has never been clear whether he jumped or was pushed . |
| 15 | In the past decade , it has never been clear whether the Government have found satisfying their own political philosophy more important than satisfying the training needs of the nation . |
| 16 | Even when people could give money to relatives , it has never been obvious that they should do so , whatever other circumstances obtain . |
| 17 | And I , I ran there and ran back to continue my game , at play like and I heard a , mo , her say to mother well I like your lad to go says th look at this cheese it 's never been unwrapped he said those other lads he says it 's always looks as if it 's been unwrapped and |
| 18 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 19 | It 's never been clear though , if you have a Conservative seat , say , in the West Midlands , whether people vote because they think Mrs Thatcher is doing a good job , or because they are worried about a local problem , or because Mrs McJones next door was helped by the sitting candidate over her rates problem ! |