Example sentences of "it [verb] always been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has always been absent from Scotland and Ireland . |
| 2 | Early models , for example , made little attempt to show the dynamic forces at play between the elements , while it has always been necessary to question the basis of the model construction in order to avoid the perpetuation of a flawed assumption . |
| 3 | Eventual physical breakdown of the material is delayed by careful preparation of the substratum and it has always been safer to lay asphalt on concrete roof slabs than on timber boarding . |
| 4 | It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation . |
| 5 | It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better . |
| 6 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
| 7 | After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped . |
| 8 | Not unnaturally , it has always been traditional to see the years to 1360 as constituting a period unfavourable to France : the initiative lay largely with the English , and it was mainly the French who were on the defensive . |
| 9 | It has always been man-made in its entirety , for there has never been a supernatural source of information . |
| 10 | There appears to be a wide variety of newspapers available to the public ( even though appearances deceive ) , and it has always been possible in principle ( if not in practice ) to found a new paper . |
| 11 | In a well-led and well-motivated military force it has always been possible to form a rearguard who will fight tenaciously on behalf of their colleagues . |
| 12 | To gauge the full significance of recent innovations in the international financial system , recall that in all market economies , it has always been possible to ‘ buy ’ money , like any other commodity . |
| 13 | However , within the simple aggregate supply and demand framework that we have developed above it has always been possible to show that , if expectations of inflation are not rational , then Friedman 's x per cent growth rule for the quantity of money will be inferior to some other policy which links monetary growth to the current or past state of the economy . |
| 14 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 15 | Of course , it has always been axiomatic that no treaty amendments can ever be operative unless and until parliament has approved them . |
| 16 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 17 | ( This is why , in the media , it has always been Tory governments that have created new radio or television channels , whether Radio Clyde , Granada Television , London Jazz Radio , or Channel Four . ) |
| 18 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 19 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 20 | It has always been free — free of charge , free of licence , free of society , free of the state , free of relatives . |
| 21 | But it has always been wrong , and is more wrong today than ever before . |
| 22 | Marketing manager Rob Lucas said : ‘ We are fortunate that everyone knows the brand and it has always been popular , particularly with children . ’ |
| 23 | It has always been popular with Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter Chris Rea . |
| 24 | It has always been clear that a councillor must be allowed to see any information he needs to carry out his duties , but it has been unclear how far that goes . |
| 25 | It has always been able to impose penalties on parties who break the rules without permission , by the award of costs against them , but it has not been able to enforce the rules of its own volition . |
| 26 | IT has always been tough being a woman , but never quite as hard as now . |
| 27 | According to Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade : ‘ It has always been this Government 's policy to put current services into the private sector where this makes sense . |
| 28 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 29 | It has always been difficult for mentally handicapped people to find employment when they leave school , but now the prospects are grim indeed . |
| 30 | However , it has always been difficult in Cologne to sell a piece over DM 100,000 . |