Example sentences of "always [been] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An English writer who went into self-exile just when Pound and Lawrence did , Ford Madox Ford , had always been denied serious consideration ( as he is denied it still ) , in part for having , in No More Parades at the end of a previous war , envisaged the England he was leaving in just such manorial terms : and if the Englishman could not be forgiven , how forgive the American ? |
| 2 | These had always been kept closed , trussed-up , gingerly moved , kept out of the way lest they offend . |
| 3 | In the early years this had always been kept small , but in the 1980s the Treasury increased it from the traditional 2 per cent of planned public spending in the 1976–9 period to over 6 per cent in 1990–1 . |
| 4 | It has always been noticed that information technology skills , of which we shall need more and more in the coming years , have tended to lag behind the demand for those skills . |
| 5 | ‘ The Prophet ’ had always been made welcome at Priesthill and Isabel assured him that nothing would change ; their door would be open to him at all times . |
| 6 | It has always been made clear that the Government 's reforms are not to be introduced at the expense of patient and client care . |
| 7 | ‘ It has always been done this way ’ is poor reason unless one knows why . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always been done this way ’ is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when persuading others . |
| 9 | He may also act on the principle that ‘ things have always been done this way ’ and justify his actions accordingly . |
| 10 | The authority for doing things this way lies in the fact that they have always been done this way and so questioning is not encouraged . |
| 11 | They have not always been given appropriate educational and library support . |
| 12 | Climbing walls in the past have always been given short change from sports centres and the Sports Council . |
| 13 | gold has always been given special status by most civilisations and is therefore widely accepted ; |
| 14 | And yet — so ran her disjointed thoughts — had n't one always been taught that Christmas was the time when one should give up things for other people ? |
| 15 | Because I 'd always been called skinny . |
| 16 | Baby sea-lions have been born at Belfast before but have always been born dead or have only survived a few hours . |
| 17 | What do you mean love , we 've always been left alone to get |
| 18 | And , besides , I had always been told that self-pity was despicable . |
| 19 | In Holland the view had always been taken that changes in physical design of the street and in the legal rules governing its use were simultaneously necessary if dramatic changes in behaviour were to be achieved . |
| 20 | Men have always been paid 5 colones more than women or children and we all do exactly the same work . |
| 21 | ‘ Like Richard , ’ he said , ‘ I 've always been considered precocious too . ’ |
| 22 | Education in Britain has always been considered some of the best in the world . |
| 23 | The Research Programme has always been considered vital at Henley as a means of training people for academic appointments . |
| 24 | The criteria for surgical intervention are uncertain , and the decision to operate has always been considered difficult in view of the high rate of spontaneous resolution . |