Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shorter working hours and a shorter working lifetime have always been central to the Labour movement 's demands . |
| 2 | In 1976 , in response to a White Paper on devolution to Scotland and Wales , the CNAA commented that it had always been sensitive to the specific conditions and needs of Scotland , and that it might be appropriate for the CNAA to set up a Scottish Committee . |
| 3 | This statement of the legal base has always been important to the European Court , because it helps situate a measure in its legislative context and is thus a valuable aid to the schematic method of interpretation . |
| 4 | Moments of more serious theatre talk seem to have always been secondary to the outlandish sexual banter . |
| 5 | Half-way down the great boulevard a fakir shouted up to Dara that previously he had always been generous to the poor ; but now he understood that Dara had nothing to give . |
| 6 | It is hoped that the changes have also been important to the disabled people who are now involved in the work of the project ; all of the quotes which appear in this chapter are theirs . |
| 7 | The coalition includes members of the Social Democratic Party , which has traditionally been opposed to the nuclear option . |
| 8 | It is my impression that the Department of Transport has not so far been sympathetic to the potential plight of some of the preserved railways in Scotland . |
| 9 | The activities of both large transnational and national companies as well as small-farmer settlers on the northern frontiers of settlement have often been disastrous to the long-term productivity of the land , but have gone on unchecked ( Barbira-Scazzocchio 1980 ) . |
| 10 | It surfaced , for example , in the suggestion that museums and art galleries , which had previously been open to the public free of charge , should begin to charge for admission . |
| 11 | This fall in operative trainees has primarily been due to the reduced demand following the recession in construction activity since the property collapse of 1973 . |
| 12 | The ancient duchy of Gascony , united with Aquitaine in the later eleventh century , had never been subject to the French crown . |