Example sentences of "always an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Prague was always an international city , whose culture was dependent on native and external traditions alike . |
| 2 | The first term is always an unsettling time , and it generally takes a few weeks before students become familiar with each other , and work together effectively . |
| 3 | I think there is always an element of typecasting that is sensible , I mean it does n't have to be restrictive . |
| 4 | But again is always an illusion , wrote Harsnet , for it would also become clear , the second time round , after several weeks , that one was not doing what one had hoped to do . |
| 5 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 6 | Indifferent student Leonard might have been formally , he was nevertheless already showing those precocious marks of the littérateur , ‘ always an ideas man , ’ as Rosengarten commented . |
| 7 | In practice , whatever the solution adopted there is always an uncomfortable shifting of gears in the movement from one of these perspectives to the other : nor does the assertion of this or that ‘ homology ’ between style and narrative do much more than to pronounce resolved in advance the dilemma for which it was supposed to provide a working answer . |
| 8 | But it was always an open contest , with Spurs ' determinedly creative football making chances , and the home lead lasted only two minutes , Gary Lineker setting up Paul Allen . |
| 9 | Within a week of his arrival Mr Morton , always an interventionist in his economics , was gone . |
| 10 | His left thigh , his jumping take-off leg , which was always an inch and a half thicker than the right , is now two and a half inches thinner . |
| 11 | There was always an enormous difference between the economic perceptions of those who initially had Conservative and Labour preferences , especially those who described themselves as party ‘ supporters ’ . |
| 12 | There 's always an ever-changing scenery in front of you and people . |
| 13 | Even though this debt is n't repayable if the band are n't successful , it is always an uncomfortable feeling to know someone else is pulling the strings . |
| 14 | John never went anywhere by himself , there was always an entourage . |
| 15 | There 's always an argument between your own manufacturing company and the retailing side . |
| 16 | On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too . |
| 17 | His intelligent and uncompromising struggle was always an inspiration to them in theirs . |
| 18 | There are always people about , in tractors , walking or riding ; there is always an inquisitive dog . |
| 19 | There is always an exception to a rule : I sell an excellent Italian no-cook lasagne . |
| 20 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 21 | Thus the name ‘ man ’ is simply a name used for a number of particulars , and any idea of ‘ man ’ is always an idea of some particular man , and simply reminds us of other particulars . |
| 22 | Faith is always an adventure of trust and hope . |
| 23 | Therefore , while there was support for hunger marches and the General Strike , there was nearly always an emphasis placed upon the constitutional nature of such conflict and , in any case , the working-class interests were always operated through the trade unions to the Labour Party , which emphasized its acceptance of parliamentary politics . |
| 24 | Yet there was always an element of complacency about an administration which enjoyed a substantial parliamentary majority . |
| 25 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 26 | Always an out-spoke interviewee , he now taps into spiritual matters immediately you begin to speak to him . |
| 27 | Since I am perfectly fit myself I had to consider Miller 's tribulation with some care , for I am here putting a foot on to an unknown terrain — always an exhilarating experience for a writer . |
| 28 | This is not always an easy course to take . |
| 29 | When we went ashore , the transport was not always an air-conditioned coach but sometimes a rickety taxi , a horse cab or even a farm trailer hauled by a tractor . |
| 30 | Watercolours — always an English passion — seem to have become almost entirely the preserve of elderly amateur or semi-professional artists . |