Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] has always been " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I know Alan from the England set-up , and everyone has always been impressed with his work . ’
2 Her mother said : ‘ My son , who is two and a half , has slept in the cot before with no problems and she has always been alright in it .
3 Rowell , though , is hugely loyal to his Bath players and there has always been a worry that he would promote Bath men without due regard for the balance of the side , as Ron Waldron did with such disastrous results for Wales .
4 The probation service 's task in prison is primarily to provide a social work service to those imprisoned and there has always been a conflict between the day-to-day , mundane but pressing needs of prisoners cut off from family and friends , and the more reflective analytical and purposeful work related to offending behaviour in which Probation Officers wanted to engage .
5 Family responsibility to care for its members has become shared with health and education authorities , social security and social services to a greater extent than ever before , and there has always been a concern that the welfare state may undermine family ties and produce welfare dependency .
6 The existence of the SDP has depended on the co-operation of the Liberals and there has always been a large question-mark over its ability to survive as a separate entity .
7 There were no warmer or more enthusiastic supporters than the BDDA in the reconstitution of the Institute , and there has always been harmonious co-operation between the two .
8 He has always been a mummy 's boy , and he has always been arrogant .
9 There appears to be a wide variety of newspapers available to the public ( even though appearances deceive ) , and it has always been possible in principle ( if not in practice ) to found a new paper .
10 Eventual physical breakdown of the material is delayed by careful preparation of the substratum and it has always been safer to lay asphalt on concrete roof slabs than on timber boarding .
11 Only three or four copies of the original printing have survived and it has always been extremely rare .
12 It becomes less important to Picasso later on but it is something which is constant for Matisse and it has always been recognised by critics who have described him as a painter 's painter .
13 Is she also aware of the fact that the National Sounds Archive now housed in Exhibition Road in South Kensington , ought really to be next door to the Music Library and it has always been the ambition of the Library to put it there and that furthermore , and here I speak from great knowledge because I negotiated the arrangement , if that site at Exhibition Road for the National Sounds Archive Library is sold , that money can only be used under the term of that agreement to provide similar accommodation elsewhere .
14 ’ We have no policy on single-sex swimming , as it has never been an issue before and it has always been assumed that all children would swim together . ’
15 Marketing manager Rob Lucas said : ‘ We are fortunate that everyone knows the brand and it has always been popular , particularly with children . ’
16 ‘ The station is a grade two listed building and it has always been our policy to keep buildings of this age and sort in character while providing modern facilities people want . ’
17 Only the United Kingdom economy performed as badly during the seventies and it has always been near the bottom of the league .
18 I understand , and it has always been our position , that we have between policy and resources and the Council meeting been willing to listen to proposals .
19 The crowds have not spat out his name with quite the virulence they showed for Mr Milos Jakes and Mr Miroslav Stepan , the Prague party supremo , in their last days , but there has always been an underlying , almost universal contempt .
20 Australian Chardonnay has become so popular they have been suffering shortages , but there has always been loads of Semillon available .
21 As with the centesimal system the time will depend on the acuteness of the symptoms , the chronicity of the complaint and the vitality of the patient but there has always been the question of when to repeat the remedy if the response is insufficient having regard to the severity of the symptoms .
22 Adrian Blackman is a worker and a trier , of whom no one could ask more , but there has always been a question mark over his speed and flexibility .
23 Poliakoff had his first playwrighting success at the age of 19 but he has always been , to put it gently , a more grown-up dramatist than many of the pack of hairy , scary stage writers whose careers coincide with his .
24 Mikhail Budyko , the most revered figure of Soviet climatology , has never been noted as a cold war warrior , but he has always been aware of the limitations imposed on the Soviet Union by its climate .
25 Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’
26 ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire , but he has always been lucky .
27 ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire but he has always been lucky . ’
28 But it has always been wrong , and is more wrong today than ever before .
29 But it has always been the privilege of the genius to know these things before other men .
30 Adelaide and I were never blessed with children , but it has always been my dearest wish to have a family . ’
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