Example sentences of "always [been] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One important problem has always been the question of how groups operate and to what effect . |
| 3 | Her husband had always been the centre of attention wherever he went — large , handsome , charming : a vote-getter by trade and inclination . |
| 4 | It is also in keeping with the history of the square which has always been the centre for vendors and street artists . |
| 5 | But it has always been the privilege of the genius to know these things before other men . |
| 6 | The problem with the DIY approach in the past , both for the Institute in publicising it and for the accountant in implementing it , has always been the difficulty of ensuring that its content is , in fact , adequately structured . |
| 7 | There has always been the equivalent of the Novices group , for example , allowing entrance to the soccer microculture for any boy willing to learn the rules of being a fan . |
| 8 | Such was the beginning of the Edenderry Tennis Club whose president has always been the minister of the church . |
| 9 | The indigenous peoples have ‘ always been the instruments of labour and of production , but not the recipients of social benefits from the government ’ . |
| 10 | Evangelism has always been the order of the day in the training and strategies of the Salvation Army , as its name implies . |
| 11 | A vague belief in the common man and a moral if politically neutral criticism of the abuse of wealth had always been the territory of popular narrative as exploited by religion , legend , folk memory , and popular fiction and so there were lots of safe and suitable stories at hand for the showmen to tell . |
| 12 | Michael Phizacklea , the Institute 's director of finance , replies : The overriding consideration in the preparation of the Institute 's accounts has always been the provision of information to members . |
| 13 | Of course there has traditionally always been the kind of individual that will view any large feature in the landscape as something to jump off , slide down or swing from on the end of a piece of elastic . |
| 14 | There has always been the issue of , Is there actually enough Royal Navy refit work to keep two dockyards in full employment ? |
| 15 | It has always been the law in this country — including under the previous Labour Government , even when the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) held my office — that if people broke their contract of employment and went on strike , it was legitimate for them to be dismissed . |
| 16 | Microcomputers are accessible to individuals at home , to small businesses and to schools This means that the majority of microcomputers are used by people without specialised skills in computing Manufacturers of microcomputers and the writers of programs for them therefore design their products to be simple to use Mainframe and minicomputers , however , are extremely expensive and have always been the preserve of large organisations where specialist staff and trained computer operators are more readily available . |
| 17 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 18 | This may have always been the case with anthropology but we did not have to live with the results if our field was in Africa or Asia . |
| 19 | Of course this has always been the case for all entrants , for there are only forty-three chief constables and the same number of deputies , so few have a chief officer 's truncheon in their knapsack ( to paraphrase an old army chestnut ) . |
| 20 | So we always this has always been the case for the four five hundred years that people have been doing etching , so they go by a rule of thumb . |
| 21 | That has always been the case in theory , but the new law removes any doubt . |
| 22 | Contemporaries did note approvingly that attempts were made to keep it clean and well aired , which , it seems , had not always been the case in the days of Louis-Philippe . |
| 23 | In other words , the practical position with regard to liability in contract is tantamount to the joint and several liability which has always been the case in tort . |
| 24 | This has not always been the case in the past when antiquaries have often blindly accepted accounts as offering established facts and forcing an interpretation of their discoveries to fit . |
| 25 | He only wished Hans were with him , not just as a drinking partner but also because he had always been the brains of the duo . |
| 26 | ‘ Lanarkshire has always been the boilerhouse of manufacturing , and maybe they were too busy digging coal and making steel to worry about education . |
| 27 | Most were commercial failures and publishers quietly dropped them and returned to textbooks , the monomedia which had always been the core of their business . |
| 28 | Hence the Queens of Avelorn have always been the Everqueens of Ulthuan , forming an unbroken chain from ages past . |
| 29 | And so , for these and other reasons , the planned town has always been the exception in England , and derives most of its special interest from that fact . |
| 30 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |