Example sentences of "have never been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 2 | Environmental concerns have never been higher on the shopping list . |
| 3 | Most children who suffer from day wetting have primary enuresis , that is they have never been dry by day . |
| 4 | Birds have never been one of my major interests , I need hardly say . |
| 5 | If you have never been involved in any of the activities listed above then DO N'T … |
| 6 | Yeah I have never been involved in a one world week event at St Michael 's . |
| 7 | For those who have never been involved in the arts the exchange offers a wide range of opportunities to invest money with the aim of obtaining hard currency under a transfer deal system . |
| 8 | Most of them have never been involved in politics before , though all of them are Labour voters . |
| 9 | Erm I have to say that most of the people that come to us have never been involved in advertising . |
| 10 | Every year companies that have never been involved in selling abroad join the important , and often highly profitable , league of exporters or licensors and some even establish joint ventures or subsidiary companies in overseas countries . |
| 11 | As a result of improved communications in every sense — be they electronic communications , our airports or any other form of communication — the regions of this country have never been closer to London than they are today . |
| 12 | A general reading of the book encourages the suspicion that the principle of verification is being used , not simply to exclude some clear and obvious errors , but to cut out swathes of philosophical tradition that have never been guilty of the crude misconceptions of which they are accused by Ayer . |
| 13 | , the Alberney units erm , have never been successful since the time they were , they were constructed . |
| 14 | The Wonder Stuff come from Stourbridge , in the West Midlands , and have never been shy about saying so . |
| 15 | But then , city dwellers have never been long on modesty . |
| 16 | Greeks have never been good at the plodding job , even in their classical prime ; Demosthenes was not the only one to complain of that . |
| 17 | In the past 300 years alone , the nation has experienced industrialization , the advent of democracy , and the introduction and growth of the welfare state — yet the changes have never been such as to be described as revolutionary . |
| 18 | I have never been competent in an emergency , and time was lost as I tried to figure out whether to dial 999 , or 9 for an outside line then 999 . |
| 19 | I have never been clearer in my wits . |
| 20 | But although we are almost close neighbours , communication between the two island groups have never been easy until comparatively recently . |
| 21 | I have never been further from suicide in my life , though I imagine my friends would find it quite opportune . |
| 22 | Apart from creating a catastrophe point where an extra per cent of votes can theoretically send a party from 15 to 66 per cent of the council ( the French have never been comfortable with simple democracy ) this , also theoretically , gives minority parties a voice . |
| 23 | I have never been frightened of the press . |
| 24 | In practice this second exception is unimportant because bearer securities have never been popular with English investors or English companies and are rarely issued and hardly ever in respect of shares , as opposed to bearer bonds , ( i.e. debentures ) which are sometimes issued to attract Continental investors who have a traditional liking for securities in bearer form . |
| 25 | As I have never been interested in argument , he must often have felt frustrated by my silences , my refusal to rise to the bait . |
| 26 | Ldc ( less developed country ) borrowers have never been active in the international bond markets , as they lack the required credit quality and/or reputation . |
| 27 | Willses have never been ashamed of their religious faith , and the disabilities which they suffered in the past as Nonconformists served to strengthen their convictions . |
| 28 | The military regimes in power have never been averse to arresting leaders of the political opposition , but only in recent years has this become a systematic practice . |
| 29 | I have never been happy with the way I look . |
| 30 | I 've had perms in the past but have never been happy with them — they are always too curly . |