Example sentences of "never [be] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 KEYS : ‘ But it is not just a question of what is going on on the park , it 's what 's happening elsewhere that we 're beginning to hear and read about and that 's never been the case at Liverpool previously , ever .
2 Although Beveridge argued that once older people had worked a full course and fulfilled ‘ the obligation of service ’ they were to receive ‘ an adequate income to maintain them ’ , this has never been the case in practice .
3 Moreover , political supremacy and the absence of a strong Tory challenge led to a breakdown in Whig unity ; as a result , many of the Parliamentary struggles under the first two Georges saw Court Whigs being opposed by a combination of out-of-office Whigs , Country Whigs , and Tories , to an extent that had never been the norm during the rage of party under the later Stuarts .
4 I have never been the kind of person who can dismiss physical appearance , who passes a make-up counter without a glance .
5 It has never been the principle of any health service management that the acceptance of a referral means that the person referred will be seen tomorrow .
6 Although the general principles underlying the decision have several times been endorsed by the superior courts , the decision itself has never been the subject of a direct challenge , and its implications have not been fully confronted by the higher courts .
7 Such packages have never been the subject of discussion with IBOA and members are advised of the dangers of individual negotiations on these very important issues .
8 Football trade magazines such as Shoot , Match , Football Monthly , World Soccer and newcomers like Inside Football have never been the epitome of style , and unsurprisingly little change is found here .
9 It has never been the policy of National Parks to accept large housing estates , but applications for tourist complexes are now cropping up with alarming frequency at planning meetings .
10 The frequency of association of simple renal cysts with any of these symptoms , however , has never been the object of controlled epidemiological study , and certain important questions therefore lack definite answers .
11 The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title .
12 But as this has very seldom , if at all , been the ground of the decision even in a court of the first instance , and certainly never been the ground of a decision in the Court of Exchequer Chamber , still less in this House , I did think it open in your Lordships ' House to reconsider this question .
13 But ref Snoddy , with vast experience of World Cup and European football , insisted : ‘ It has never been the custom for referees to be paid their expenses in cash — or for clubs to hand over the money . ’
14 She had never been the sort of girl to hang around , waiting for a man .
15 It has never been the intention of Guitarist to augment dealer ads with sycophantic reviews , either .
16 Moira Charles could never be the girl for me .
17 Delay due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the actions of the defendant himself should never be the foundation for a stay .
18 Delay due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the actions of the defendant himself should never be the foundation for a stay .
19 The harbour would never be the scene of activity described by JTR .
20 More , I believe , than would be acceptable to people , so that nuclear power in itself will never be the solution to our energy problems .
21 Midwinter will never be the president of the United States but he will be close to the President .
22 One of the main reasons is that our system of democratic parliamentary self-government is incompatible with the Brussels machine , which has an unelected Commission with the sole power of initiative and right of veto , a Council of Ministers which legislates in secret , the so-called Parliament , which is not really a Parliament , has no roots in this country and will never be the focus of the hopes , aspirations and loyalties of our people , and a Community court , which in many ways is a political court and engine of federalism , standing above Parliament .
23 If it does , a test ban might be a part of some new , more stable nuclear bargain worth having , though it will surely never be the answer to all the world 's nuclear worries .
24 Viennese-born Stroheim never was the darling of the studios because he was so ruthlessly extravagant .
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