Example sentences of "[vb -s] always [be] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And although the ANC has promised to share power in the subsequent government , the country will then be a short hop from the full-blown majority rule that has always been anathema to many Afrikaners .
2 Miller has always been expert at bringing out the best in players — he turned Frank McAvennie from a midfield player into a striker in his St Mirren days — and the evolution of Pat McGinlay as a goalscoring midfield player is merely the latest example of his handiwork .
3 An important ingredient in the life of every local community has always been pride in the local hospital or school .
4 The Councils of both Societies , in agreeing to support the publication of the new journal , took a conscious decision that it should contain only papers of the highest quality , and that papers from Scotland 's universities , and papers on Scottish geology , should form the major part of the publication , although there has always been scope for the publication of papers on other areas , including some important theoretical papers .
5 Robert de Niro has always been case as the Invisible Man of Hollywood .
6 ‘ it tends to be supported by those who wish to constrain the redistributive potential of state welfare and thus it has always been part of a broader conservative view of the aetiology of social problems and their correct solutions ’ ( Macnicol , 1988 , p. 316 ) .
7 This has always been part of the role , but it has not often been done well .
8 Collection of statistics , such as the housing returns , has always been part of the central department 's work , but the more specific information currently requested that can form part of long-term planning is a relatively recent development .
9 We were the first union in nineteen seventy six to come out with our policy on the then Race Relations Act it 's always been a trade union issue whether it was the trade unions in Germany in the twenties and thirties fighting Hitlerism and Nazi-ism or whether it was the trade unions fighting Moseley and his black shirts in Britain it has always been part of our ideals and principles .
10 While the Three Pillars have stood the test of time , there has always been controversy about their relative importance , and hence about the allocation of resources between them .
11 But the real-balance effect may also operate on a wider array of assets which constitute the net worth of the private sector , though there has always been controversy over the range of assets to which it is supposed to apply .
12 There has always been hostility in the UK to the cook-book approach to accounting standards .
13 But have they always been able to machine it Norm I mean to my mind it 's always been sort of , you know , you buy , whatever they are like for afters and that and that 's how you use them to make your garden shed or whatever
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