Example sentences of "always [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The amount of bone present in assemblages of prey , and the species representation , vary from predator to predator but are always biased with respect to the community from which they came .
2 Relative coverage of Labour and Conservative was always biased towards the Conservative government but the degree of bias increased sharply ( it tripled ) in the fourth week of the campaign .
3 While a white working-class female psychologist may take on a new professional identity which erases her class background , a black woman psychologist of any class is always distanced from such an identity by her ‘ race , .
4 He was a tall man with dark hair that was always hidden under a hat .
5 And above all , watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places .
6 The title of Chapter 3 , ‘ The politics of variation ’ , was intended to underscore the central point about sex difference research : that it is always undertaken for political reasons , and has traditionally been used to justify sex discrimination and exclusionary practices , making them seem natural and inevitable .
7 Dyarchy had always depended for its successful working on the exercise of tactful influence by the British governor and his officials , who had their reputations invested in preventing the resignations of their Indian colleagues ; but Irwin 's formulation took the controlling role allotted to influence much further .
8 Because the laws of war derive to a large extent from standards which have developed within states , and because they have always depended for their enforcement largely on national legal systems , court decisions have been a very important source of the laws of war .
9 Prep schools have no secure catchment area , they have always depended on the forces of the market place for their survival .
10 He also has no hesitation in reminding capitalism , in its spooky hour of triumph over communism , that the ‘ culture of contentment ’ has always depended on this underclass — indeed , has happily imported it when necessary to do the menial and distasteful jobs at the cheapest possible wage .
11 While Gerry Taggart , Alan McDonald , Nigel Worthington and Mal Donaghy provide the basis of a sturdy defence , success has always depended on breakaway goals as well .
12 In those forms which have always depended on group production , there is not only a contrast with these basically individual uses of the immediate means of production , but , just as crucially , a range of developing relationships , many directly related to changes in the means of production , which amount , finally , to a further qualitative distinction .
13 The practice of medicine has always depended on nursing , and the therapy professions have grown up to supply new kinds of skills .
14 Their way of life has always depended on the snow , the weather , the clouds and the human strength and frailties of their clients .
15 ‘ I have always depended on the kindness of strangers ’ , says Blanche DuBois in Streetcar .
16 AEA 's success has always depended on being at the forefront of science and technology .
17 The poor countries of the South have always depended on selling raw materials — anything from palm oil to iron ore — to the industrialized North .
18 The stability of feudal society had always depended upon a relationship of trust between lords and vassals .
19 Descending broken rock requires a nimble style , with the emphasis on sure footwork and the hands always placed for balance and as security in the event of a slip .
20 Over this time we have continuously expanded and developed our range , with the highest priority always placed on value for money and customer care .
21 MR MAJOR 'S Cabinet is a careful balancing act that reflects the emphasis he has always placed on party unity .
22 My small table and chair were always placed on the dinner table near her left elbow , and Glumdalclitch stood near me , in case I needed her help .
23 When these suffixes are attached to single-syllable stems , the stress is almost always placed on the stem .
24 As the stories are presented , the timeless Paradise is always placed at the beginning and the time-bound here-and-now at the end , though in some versions , as in Christianity , there is also a vision of an eschatological future when mankind , redeemed , will once again get back to the Paradisal beginning .
25 ‘ With regard to positioning , swings are always placed in a corner , so children ca n't run in their path — most playground accidents involve swings .
26 Subjects are always limited to making judgements about experiences ; experimenters are stuck with observing physical events like evoked potentials , verbal reports and button presses .
27 The head of a local network in the Northern Band , Rajaruwo , literally , ‘ King ’ , was related to a middle-level headman in a region where such appointments were always limited to the respectable and wealthy .
28 The Minimalist 's notion of site specificity was always limited to the room , the perfect white cube .
29 While the term essay may refer to a form of highly regarded literary style , the term composition is always limited to the classroom .
30 In the event , the scope for major change is always limited by political realities , and by the simple truth that there is no bottomless reservoir of potential Cabinet material among ministers in waiting .
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