Example sentences of "always been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miller has always been expert at bringing out the best in players — he turned Frank McAvennie from a midfield player into a striker in his St Mirren days — and the evolution of Pat McGinlay as a goalscoring midfield player is merely the latest example of his handiwork . |
| 2 | Australian Chardonnay has become so popular they have been suffering shortages , but there has always been loads of Semillon available . |
| 3 | There have always been movements of people across the world who have changed the way of life in the lands they have occupied . |
| 4 | The Councils of both Societies , in agreeing to support the publication of the new journal , took a conscious decision that it should contain only papers of the highest quality , and that papers from Scotland 's universities , and papers on Scottish geology , should form the major part of the publication , although there has always been scope for the publication of papers on other areas , including some important theoretical papers . |
| 5 | However , there have always been leases without rent ( for example , mortgages ) and the statutory definition of a term of years absolute is clear on this point : |
| 6 | That summary of early Texan history is included , not just for general interest , but to illustrate several factors which have always been characteristic of Texan culture , and so have influenced the history of prisons in the state . |
| 7 | Robert de Niro has always been case as the Invisible Man of Hollywood . |
| 8 | ‘ it tends to be supported by those who wish to constrain the redistributive potential of state welfare and thus it has always been part of a broader conservative view of the aetiology of social problems and their correct solutions ’ ( Macnicol , 1988 , p. 316 ) . |
| 9 | This has always been part of the role , but it has not often been done well . |
| 10 | Collection of statistics , such as the housing returns , has always been part of the central department 's work , but the more specific information currently requested that can form part of long-term planning is a relatively recent development . |
| 11 | We were the first union in nineteen seventy six to come out with our policy on the then Race Relations Act it 's always been a trade union issue whether it was the trade unions in Germany in the twenties and thirties fighting Hitlerism and Nazi-ism or whether it was the trade unions fighting Moseley and his black shirts in Britain it has always been part of our ideals and principles . |
| 12 | The station concourse was a seething mass of people , civilian and uniformed , with a fair spattering of the drunks that had always been part of the city 's landscape when he had ridden up from Galloway on weekends free from school . |
| 13 | Although Ross was still obviously the same hard , unshakeable man who 'd always been master of his own emotions , it did seem to Laura that he was now acting in an oddly constrained manner . |
| 14 | An important ingredient in the life of every local community has always been pride in the local hospital or school . |
| 15 | They had always been friends of mine , but I never wanted to defend their work . |
| 16 | However , such regulatory mechanisms have always been anathema to the newspaper industry . |
| 17 | And although the ANC has promised to share power in the subsequent government , the country will then be a short hop from the full-blown majority rule that has always been anathema to many Afrikaners . |
| 18 | Indeed , the view that unemployment and crime are related has not always been anathema to the Tories . |
| 19 | ‘ The police have always been instruments of the government . |
| 20 | Though there have always been differences between countries outside the First World , for a long time it did appear to make sense to speak of The Third World , the title of Worsley 's very influential book ( 1973 ) on the subject . |
| 21 | ‘ But there have always been girls of eighteen , even in my day , ’ Sophia protested . |
| 22 | One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home . |
| 23 | McWilliams is one of the most talented jump jockeys in the land but he has not always been flavour of the month and that 's a pity . |
| 24 | I had always been sort of fascinated with pictures : I was more of a visual person than a word person . ’ |
| 25 | But have they always been able to machine it Norm I mean to my mind it 's always been sort of , you know , you buy , whatever they are like for afters and that and that 's how you use them to make your garden shed or whatever |
| 26 | There have always been objections to the family structure of Western industrial societies . |
| 27 | There has always been hostility in the UK to the cook-book approach to accounting standards . |
| 28 | There had always been schisms in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 29 | Even so , it is important to examine why there has not always been agreement on the value of reminiscence , and to place the value of reminiscence within the counselling process into perspective . |
| 30 | Submerged economy and unofficial government have always been features of Italian life . |