Example sentences of "always [been] [verb] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Torbay line has always been run as a large-scale people mover and minimalist operation since the DVR took over the line in 1973 , but this stance failed to deliver the desired profitable results in 1991 .
2 More generally , creation has always been understood as an act of God 's grace , something He could perfectly well have chosen not to do , rather than some kind of necessary mechanism through which He ensured His own existence .
3 History has always been conceived as the movement of a resumption of history , as a detour between two presences .
4 It was surprising because the group had always been perceived as a solid fourpiece and Charman was often vociferous during interviews .
5 The pleasure of the theme park , then , is that of a voluptuously total immersion in what had always been perceived as an exclusively visual experience .
6 Neighbouring Middlesbrough has always been developed as the regional centre .
7 IT HAS always been regarded as a guilty but harmless secret shared by thousands of women .
8 A lifelong supporter , I have always been regarded as a tactical genius by the Duck and Forceps regulars and , from day one , my appointment has brought renewed hope to the terraces .
9 Prior consultation and participative decision-making has not always been regarded as a right but teachers ' involvement should be regarded as a professional entitlement .
10 Throughout the Far East , the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties .
11 For example , the distribution of the labour force between agriculture and industry has always been regarded as an important indicator of economic growth , if not precisely development , because most of the present advanced industrial societies , in particular the United Kingdom and the United States , exhibited a marked tendency to reduce their agricultural labour force while increasing their industrial labour force .
12 For nearly thirty years that crusade has been regarded as one of his least successful , whereas a later British Crusade at Earls Court in London in 1966 has always been seen as a triumph .
13 In America treacherous and corruptible insiders have always been seen as a potential danger .
14 ‘ She has always been seen as a typical Sloane Ranger .
15 The school library has always been seen as a source of information and resources for pupils and teachers .
16 Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s .
17 In Christian thought , the family has always been seen as an essential unit in the community .
18 The library , in which the tradition of Warburg is enshrined , has always been seen as the Institute 's essential purpose .
19 Videoconferencing has always been touted as a major use for ISDN .
20 At nineteen she is the youngest of four children and has always been treated as the " little one " .
21 The Venetian ambassador complained that though the republic had always been treated as the equal of the kingdoms of Europe he had been offered a place which did not fully reflect this .
22 It has always been acknowledged as a superior rice and with the move to whole grains , brown Basmati is now much in demand .
23 In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly .
24 In other words , despite all the efforts of people anxious to prove otherwise , the fact is that man 's need for a ‘ god ’ has always been met as a result of his own efforts , and at no time supernaturally .
25 ‘ The BBC has always been classified as the station which tells the truth and they should make sure their research has been properly done before they publish anything else . ’
26 In his most dire reference to ‘ the extermination of Jewry in Europe ’ , in his November speech to the Party ‘ Old Guard ’ , he stated : ‘ I 've always been scorned as a prophet .
27 Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded .
28 Colour and shape have always been used as a basis for sorting , but objects may have many properties , and can be sorted , for example , according to size , weight or texture .
29 Weisstein declares that ‘ biology has always been used as a curse against women ’ ( quoted in Halpern 1986 : 1015 ) .
30 from Birmingham says hanging upside down has always been known as a cure in the Far East and it does work .
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