Example sentences of "never [been] 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 . |