Example sentences of "[noun sg] be almost always a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period is almost always a calendar year ; the average population size may be the estimated midyear figure as in the UK or the average of the 1 January figures in the year in question and the following year . |
| 2 | Thus it can not be stressed too strongly that the process of transforming publicly available information artefacts into information that is directly usable with minimal resource expenditure by the strategic decision maker is almost always a very difficult and demanding job requiring a considerable amount of intelligence , training and expertise . |
| 3 | In addition , the ability to promote nitrogen fixation would be a great advantage in the reclamation of derelict land ( section 5.2.3 ) where nitrogen is almost always a limiting factor to growth . |
| 4 | It is important to realize that a normal co-ordinate analysis is almost always an ‘ under-determined ’ problem mathematically . |
| 5 | The presence of free ammonia or of protein material is almost always an indication of contamination of the water with sewage or trade effluents , such as gas liquor . |