Example sentences of "always [been] the [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 There have always been the eccentrics and academics who have travelled the East only to return home to announce great spiritual discoveries .
2 This , unfortunately , had not always been the case and a few farmers complained about 12 and 24 hours notice for ATB courses .
3 That has always been the case and remains so , and it is true of the Bill .
4 The Roman residence of the pope from the time of the Emperor Constantine had always been the Lateran and before Innocent 's time there was only a temporary residence at St Peter 's .
5 That had always been the plan and was not some presbyterian purge on behalf of the coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey in retribution for Scotland 's showing in the tournament , where , for the second successive week , they failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate .
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