Example sentences of "[verb] always [be] [num] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is a scaled-down version of Blaggdon , and has always been one of my early-season pilgrimages .
2 This has always been one of my favourite houses .
3 It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation .
4 The club Choice Brisa has always been one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza because it has everything that Club guests are looking for .
5 Foxton Locks has always been one of the most popular attractions in the Leicestershire countryside .
6 ‘ This clump here has always been one of the worst , ’ Anderson said , indicating a spot near where he stood .
7 It 's a time-honoured tradition , and ‘ She 's A Woman ’ has always been one of my favourite songs .
8 ‘ Mull of Kintyre by Wings has always been one of my most hated records .
9 Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism .
10 But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana 's closest confidantes .
11 ‘ Ray has always been one of the most popular and respected figures around for his ability and conduct , and I 'm sure he will prove an outstanding signing for Villa . ’
12 Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals .
13 Generation of standard useful attitudes has always been one of the main purposes of military training .
14 That has always been one of the most heartening aspects of county cricket : mutual help , irrespective of the teams they represent .
15 It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better .
16 Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding .
17 This has always been one of the basic ingredients of good adult education .
18 After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped .
19 If the political reality has always been one of conflict and disunity , the construction of an imaginary Orient helped to give unity and coherence to the idea of the West .
20 Our approach to accounting has always been one of a a truly integrated nature , and that approach fits like a hand in a glove with relational database technology .
21 Der Zarewitsch has always been one of my favourites . ’
22 For the staff at Slimbridge the evening feed has always been one of the highlights of the day .
23 SECTARIANISM has always been one of the prime causes of conflict in Northern Ireland , because religion has been so closely identified with politics .
24 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
25 ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added .
26 HAMILTON PARK has always been one of Jack Berry 's happiest hunting grounds , and the Cockerham-based trainer was in his customary bubbly mood as he brought off a 15-1 double yesterday at the track 's final meeting of 1992 .
27 You 've always been one of the gentry , used to grand balls and such . ’
28 It had always been one of his Walter Mittyisms to run a restaurant , and this we discussed with extreme earnestness .
29 His clinical approach to his job had always been one of complete professionalism .
30 Although , ultimately , she accepted the need for pattern books , production schedules , yearly reviews by committee and other organizational disciplines , she disliked intensely the way these formalities intruded into her own sphere of influence and destroyed the spontaneity of her collection , which had always been one of her greatest strengths .
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