Example sentences of "it [be] always [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , it 's always argued that the parish councils are closest to local people , they had an out and out objection from the Parish Council initially they have subsequently written to me twice in November moderating that position and saying subject to safeguards they they no longer have an outright objection . |
| 2 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 3 | It 's happening now , it 's always progressing and it 's always going on and you 're never going to reach an end point , you 're never going to reach a final point , whereas with something like history , I find it 's interesting , but you 're always going over and analysing what 's happened , it 's that much more backward looking , whereas science applied has got more constructive . |
| 4 | The SD at Stuttgart recorded a comment , said to be frequently encountered in differing variants : ‘ It 's always claimed that the Führer has been sent to us from God . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not guarantee we shall legislate in the next session since one never can — it is always understood that a final decision is taken nearer the Queen 's speech , ’ Mr Lang said |
| 6 | If it is always assumed that they are intellectually inferior , what else is there for them to do … every time teachers are constantly amazed by the fact that in the first year they have at the moment there are two or three really bright West Indian boys , and it 's of constant amazement to people like Mr G … ‘ my goodness he 's bright where does he get it from ’ . |
| 7 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 8 | It is always hoped that the superior species of grasses and clovers will flourish and last for ever , giving an earlier spring bite , more bulk for grazing or mowing , better nutritional quality , and later grazing in the autumn . |
| 9 | It is always hoped that the point-to-pointers of today will become the National Hunt stars of tomorrow , but young horses will learn nothing if they are subjected to a bumping match every time they run . |
| 10 | It is always endangered and turns up whenever we discuss a private Bill . |
| 11 | The statue is much bigger than it looks ; it is always foreshortened because of the need to look sharply upward , and is actually over 4 metres high . |
| 12 | It was great thing to keep it and it was always kept and looked after until the following year . |
| 13 | West European governments never expected the Final Act to work an instant revolution in international affairs and it was always understood that many questions lay beyond its scope . |
| 14 | sort of a figure of speech , but with narrative it 's it was always understood that the words would be spelled out more |
| 15 | However , it was always intended that UDCs would act primarily as catalysts , providing a framework within which the prime agency for urban renewal — the private sector — would thrive ( DoE , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | It was always intended that the more usual of the two would be what Volvo term ‘ straight-line assembly ’ , where work in one team area is divided among four or five stations , placed one after the other in the direction of production flow . |
| 17 | It was always intended that single men would have their pension rights protected while at home looking after children or dependent relatives , but it was not until the regulations were published in January 1978 that it was clear that married men would be included . |
| 18 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 19 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 20 | First , although it was always assumed that many from the older urban cores would be rehoused in the new towns , early evidence ( Heraud , 1966 ) shows that it tended to be the better-housed suburbanites who moved , few from the inner cities even knowing of the programme . |
| 21 | It was always assumed that Urban Programme funding would represent only a proportion of total expenditure in the Partnerships — most would come through a diversion of mainstream budgets to the benefit of the older urban cores . |
| 22 | Although it was always assumed that the Urban Programme would aim to initiate innovative projects , there must be some doubt whether this has always happened . |
| 23 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |
| 24 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 25 | It was always hearing that returned first . |
| 26 | To be sure it was always recognized that in certain circumstances , such as those involving deceit , or an intention to cause harm or to exploit , one is responsible for inducing another to act . |
| 27 | Although it was always recognized that er there were limits to which a person could go . |
| 28 | ‘ You know how it was always said that Wee Charlie was the spit of me ? |
| 29 | It was always said that water-sellers at Indian stations had to be of a high caste . |
| 30 | ‘ Even if I never said it clearly , it was always written that Barphone would one day or another throw itself in with a powerful group ’ he declared . |