Example sentences of "always been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So said Lizzie and Maria and Ethel , whose marriages had always been conducted along the lines of a pitched battle . |
| 2 | The remaining 42 vessels have always been registered in the United Kingdom , but were purchased by the companies in question on various dates , mainly since 1983 . |
| 3 | This effectiveness-centred approach has not always been accepted outside the Modular Course . |
| 4 | The ideas embodied within the Aten cult were not new but had always been accepted in conjunction with many other interpretations . |
| 5 | Yet this exceedingly sensible system has not always been applied in an even-handed manner . |
| 6 | Football has always been played at both ends , a fact made significant by Robson 's assertion that England were forced to fight a rearguard action in Chorzow . |
| 7 | It was administratively feasible because Dutch industrial relations had always been characterised by a relatively high degree of centralised control over the bargaining process , together with a weak position of the trade unions at shop floor level.8 Also , in that particular period , the country had been ruled by governments which by virtue of their composition and policies were able to secure trade union cooperation ( Albeda , 1971 ) . |
| 8 | I think science has always been characterised by periods when particular subjects have had an enormous outburst of activity , and we 're seeing that with erm immunology at the present time . |
| 9 | And oddly enough , that discussion and analysis has always been coloured by the extra-linguistic ideology of sexual difference and male superiority . |
| 10 | ‘ I have always been prepared for that . |
| 11 | Perhaps less curious when one remembers that mentally handicapped people have always been ostracised by those who believe they live in a comfortable world of normality . |
| 12 | Such clinics had always been prohibited from using federal money to perform abortions , but until 1988 they had been allowed to discuss abortion and to provide information about its availability . |
| 13 | Council houses were sold and buses ‘ deregulated ’ ( although the housing association sector seems set to expand dramatically in the 1990s ) , but the bulk of existing public housing remained in council hands , and public transport has always been run on a semi-market basis , with the charging of fares coupled with separately identified public subsidy . |
| 14 | The Torbay line has always been run as a large-scale people mover and minimalist operation since the DVR took over the line in 1973 , but this stance failed to deliver the desired profitable results in 1991 . |
| 15 | She had always been touched with religion , but as Rory had grown out of boyhood into his teens , she had been content to let him follow down his father 's road to politely concealed indifference . |
| 16 | And remember , they are all products of Pakistan 's domestic cricket competitions , which are competed for by the commercial organisations and regional teams which have always been condemned by Imran — who for the last decade had not played domestic cricket in Pakistan . |
| 17 | More generally , creation has always been understood as an act of God 's grace , something He could perfectly well have chosen not to do , rather than some kind of necessary mechanism through which He ensured His own existence . |
| 18 | Skill in analysing and assessing problems and needs has not always been matched by sufficient , sufficiently varied , or sufficiently effective ways of responding . |
| 19 | For it has always been said of the eucharist that precisely it is not a play about the last supper — in which case the celebrant had best be male and semitic in appearance . |
| 20 | This was the evidence which Marx and Engels required in order to show that society has not always been based on private property held by isolated nuclear families . |
| 21 | First , the analogy itself is rather stretched since many local government services , particularly in education and welfare , unlike those delivered by central government ( for example , through social security ) , have always been based on discretion and variation between individuals and not on standardization in accordance with clearly identified rules . |
| 22 | Man has been training birds of prey since ancient times and I am in no doubt that success has always been based on patience , mutual trust and observation . |
| 23 | Winterbottom 's game has always been based on his uncompromising attitude on the field ever since he won his first cap against the Wallabies in 1982 . |
| 24 | Classification had always been based on the recognition of structural resemblances , and the advent of evolutionism merely transposed this enterprise into a search for real ( i.e. historical ) rather than purely formal relationships . |
| 25 | The WYSIWYG that word processors offer has always been based around monospaced fonts because that is all that the computer and printer have been able to cope with . |
| 26 | Too encyclopaedic to enumerate fully here , the selection has always been based upon Stünke 's personal feeling for quality . |
| 27 | Finally , our success has always been based upon a sound strategic platform . ’ |
| 28 | History has always been conceived as the movement of a resumption of history , as a detour between two presences . |
| 29 | The significance and the complexities of the relationship which gives rise to the caring , and the importance of understanding what both parties wish for in the relationship , have always been emphasized by carers ' organizations . |
| 30 | Cureton draws heavily on music theory where , he claims , rhythmic analysis has always been handled with greater sophistication than in analyses of poetry . |