Example sentences of "can never [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technology has certainly come of age and whereas battery powered tools can never compete in power with mains operated ones , their increasing sales have made them the fastest developing aspect of woodworking technology today . |
| 2 | Nothing is worth keeping because no love went into its making and stainless surfaces can never mellow with use . |
| 3 | He can never arrive on time . |
| 4 | Conversely , the practice of hi sā can never lead to Truth . |
| 5 | It is sufficient at this stage to point out that there are difficulties in making the categorical statement that the practice of hi sā can never lead to Truth . |
| 6 | If there are difficulties in claiming that ahi sā is the right way in all circumstances and that the way of violence can never lead to Truth , there are similar difficulties in assuming that no violation of moral duty is involved in the practice of satyāgraha , or that it is only through the practice of satyāgraha that we show ourselves to be informed by the spirit of Truth and non-violence . |
| 7 | I can never fall in love . ’ |
| 8 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 9 | But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for … |
| 10 | Lonrho itself is authority for the view that pursuit of naked self-interest by criminal means can never amount to conspiracy . |