Example sentences of "always been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Geomorphological and Quaternary studies of the glacial history of the Grampian Highlands have always been major research interests within Scottish universities .
2 It 's always been rough place
3 Now that 's unusual , because for the last five or six budgets have always been Labour/Liberal Democrat budgets .
4 There have always been creepy-crawly stories , which are part of learning that life is not all teddy bears and roses .
5 Like many small corps iii poor areas , there had always been financial problems , but this was nothing new to Major and Mrs Burrows .
6 Sydney and Brisbane have always been strong rugby cities but Perth 's astonishing ratings figures have delighted the ARFU .
7 Whenever Labour has lost office there has always been strong pressure within the party to press for more extreme policies .
8 There has always been much speculation about the site of this region , guesses including East Africa , Abyssinia , Arabia , Spain , Armenia and Peru .
9 Anyway , my father and his theatrical consortium have always been great fans of Trumpton .
10 There have always been small groups of people who have predicted the end of the world on some seemingly significant date ( like the year 1000 ) and sold their possessions to sit on a mountain top .
11 ‘ There are- ’ Carolyn hesitated ’ — there have always been external dangers , anyway .
12 Open Tues — Sun 12.30 — 2.30 except Sat , Tues — Sat 7.30 — 10.30 C4 S5 V5 £40 ( three-course lunch £13.50 including coffee ) St Quentin ( 071 589 8005 ) 243 Brompton Road , London SW3 Smart South Ken canteen opposite the Oratory has always been terrific value ; now it 's got cooking with the flair to match its friendly , highly efficient French service and jolly brasserie decor — all mirrors and panelling .
13 There has always been one factor which has dominated the convictions of those who have sought to establish a religion , or its equivalent under whatever name .
14 Tommy 's always been one step ahead .
15 Of course , the desire to obtain control of the written word has always been one indication of the autocratic mind .
16 But there have always been other considerations .
17 They 've always been other years so I presume that
18 There had always been that choice , and it was as difficult to take , and as easy to reject , in the twentieth century as it had been in any other .
19 ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well .
20 But life had not always been that way with Moby .
21 The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way .
22 ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford .
23 But it 's always been that way .
24 It had n't always been that way .
25 I I 've always been that way inclined , I mean my dad was er he he was a miner , he was a lovely dad , he was lovely man .
26 I mean , she 's always been that way nervous and
27 There 's always been that instinct to pick up those who have been hurt ; at one time she wanted to be a nurse , but the thought of night shifts put her off .
28 Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied .
29 There had always been such spirit in her .
30 We have always been such witnesses and such representatives . ’
  Next page