Example sentences of "have always been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well . |
| 2 | ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford . |
| 3 | There has always been much speculation about the site of this region , guesses including East Africa , Abyssinia , Arabia , Spain , Armenia and Peru . |
| 4 | That this ‘ fourth channel ’ was the last available national channel transformed it into a very valuable national resource and , consequently , there has always been some concern lest one make a terrible ‘ mistake ’ in allocating it to some unworthy body or organization . |
| 5 | There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 . |
| 6 | There has always been some awareness of this problem and the publication of simple informative magazines such as The Teacher in Uganda , has been regarded as one means of overcoming it . |
| 7 | THERE has always been some doubt as to what exactly a cotinga is . |
| 8 | There has always been this tendency over here to try and save on public spending , ’ says Professor Greve . |
| 9 | According to Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade : ‘ It has always been this Government 's policy to put current services into the private sector where this makes sense . |
| 10 | I I 've always been that way inclined , I mean my dad was er he he was a miner , he was a lovely dad , he was lovely man . |
| 11 | There had always been that choice , and it was as difficult to take , and as easy to reject , in the twentieth century as it had been in any other . |
| 12 | Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied . |
| 13 | There had always been such spirit in her . |
| 14 | They sat on the soft sand above the tide line while Adam ate ; there had always been fewer stones here , on this remote end of the beach where hardly anyone came . |
| 15 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 16 | But it 's always been that way . |
| 17 | I mean , she 's always been that way nervous and |
| 18 | There 's always been that instinct to pick up those who have been hurt ; at one time she wanted to be a nurse , but the thought of night shifts put her off . |
| 19 | Chairman , it 's always been this Committee 's policy over the twenty years , the twenty odd years that I 've been here , back here ru runner , that erm , so far as the food side is concerned , er , we should be , our policy should be based on the information , the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , and letting people make up their own minds . |
| 20 | We have always been such witnesses and such representatives . ’ |
| 21 | Historically we can establish that there have always been these waves of hooliganism in particular form . |
| 22 | The welfare state in Britain has always been pluralistic in that there have always been several sources of welfare provision . |
| 23 | There have always been some students in serious difficulties . |
| 24 | I accept that there have always been some problems , but if one keeps filling the pot with water it will overflow . |