Example sentences of "is always [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Since crime , however it is defined in any particular society , always involves some degree of restraint on individual self-interest , our natural tendency is always towards deviation : we will , it seems , always choose the deviant alternative when it suits us and when we think we can get away with it .
2 If we wish to claim the leading of the Spirit of God with any assurance , we shall find that the leading is always towards Jesus .
3 The work being investigated is always of the same type and difficulty .
4 This sort of example of partnership between schools is always of interest to the local press .
5 But it does not follow that this distinction is always of moral significance ( neutrality is not always defensible ) .
6 But the food is always of second-best quality — the left-overs from the hunters .
7 Morning coffee , lunch and high tea is always of a high standard with the course also in tip-top condition .
8 What we invest in is always of great interest to such countries .
9 An exception is always of part of the thing granted , and only a thing that exists can be excepted ; a reservation is of a thing not in existence , but newly created or reserved out of land ( Halsbury 's Laws of England , 4th edn , vol 12 , para 1529 ) .
10 The central conflict is always between the push for the productive forces ( a society 's technology ) to develop further while the property relations enforced by the existing dominant class in their own interests obstruct this progress .
11 This is always between 0 and 1 , and never quite either .
12 Erm the contract is always between three parties ourselves the advertiser and the doctors ' practice .
13 John Ogdon too was prone to these unexpected departures , though the success rate of such abandonment is always about 50/50 .
14 ‘ It 's unfair to suggest that nature conservation is always about fencing off pretty sites , ’ says naturalist David Attenborough .
15 Power is always about who does the defining and who accepts the definitions .
16 Although Conklin is absolutely right to concentrate on the economic dimension of corporate crime , for ultimately it is always about money , it does obscure the fact that in pursuing economic goals there are physical as well as economic impacts , and these are sufficiently important to demand inclusion in any conceptualization .
17 The leading — and final — question nowadays is always about profits and commercial growth .
18 At one level , literature is always about language , so that , in the words of Tzvetan Todorov , ‘ the writer does nothing more than read language ’ ( 1969 : 84 ) .
19 James is always into trouble is n't he ?
20 In such situations , it is always worth considering whether it is safer to have another launch and fly the glider to the hangar .
21 It is always worth while covering both the pitot and static vents to prevent rain entering the systems .
22 IT IS always worth timing visits to the French Alps to avoid French school holidays .
23 The advice recorded in John 's Gospel is always worth following : ‘ Do whatever he tells you ’ ( John 2.5 ) .
24 Bill Murray is always worth watching , no matter how bad the movie , and Quick Change is better than most of his comic vehicles .
25 It is always worth examining the surfaces of fossils like brachiopods or sea urchins to see if the fine matted or delicately branching colonies of bryozoa are preserved on their surfaces — they are easily overlooked .
26 So , while it is always worth seeking out the names of journalists who have a special interest in your subject , and if appropriate sending the releases to them at home as well as to their office , always be sure to send your releases to the newsdesk and perhaps to one or two others on the paper too if it is appropriate .
27 You can learn so much from simply watching their actions and reactions that it is always worth sacrificing fishing time to spend an hour or so studying their behaviour .
28 It is always worth having a look at the roughs plotted over time , and thinking hard about what has been discarded in the smoothing operation .
29 However , even if you draw a blank , it is always worth checking to see whether or not you can influence the external event that starts the sequence , so either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you were hindered ask yourself : ‘ What external event has triggered this feeling ? ’
30 If you are about to take a break in paid employment , and know this will be longer than two years , it is always worth ‘ electing ’ to pay the full rate before you leave your current job .
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