Example sentences of "never [been] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 2 | The head of the regional justice administration in Bamberg had also observed ‘ a sharp increase and intensification in criticism of the political and military leadership ’ and , ‘ what had never been the case before , to a growing extent of the person of the Führer , who is made responsible especially for the events in Stalingrad and in the Caucasus ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This has never been the case . |
| 5 | In many instances this has never been the case , which has left the door open for people who regard rabbits as a pest to use the most drastic and least sporting methods . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Needless to say , this has never been the case , although in the 1960s much excitement was temporarily generated by what appeared to be a relationship between the possession of an extra Y chromosome and persistent crime ( see Hall Williams , 1982 , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 8 | It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward . |
| 9 | Standardisation has never been the IT industry 's strong point , and the answer is ‘ probably not ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It has never been the Queen 's style to rant and rave when things have gone wrong — and in truth she has never needed to . |
| 12 | I have never been the kind of person who can dismiss physical appearance , who passes a make-up counter without a glance . |
| 13 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Er it was ne it 's never been the road that it was prior to that . |
| 19 | And it 's never been the road it was . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | That has never been the County Council 's interpretation of the of the relationship between er this criteria and the Selby coalfield . |
| 25 | Er it 's never been the County Council 's er objective or intention to restrain what are the genuine er employment needs of its local residents , erm and we feel that this level of allocation is suited to the needs of the residents . |
| 26 | Subtle word-play had never been the Conducator 's forte . |
| 27 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | But availability of coal resource has never been the industry 's problem — the essential difficulties are lack of demand and high cost of production . |