Example sentences of "[noun] have always been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Videoconferencing has always been touted as a major use for ISDN . |
| 2 | An important clue to this act of discrimination has always been found in the existence of regularities , especially where they make prediction possible . |
| 3 | Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed . |
| 4 | Also lacking through routes , as well as extending over seventy miles , Sussex has always been administered in two divisions with two county towns , of which the second , Lewes , was similar in size to Chichester , though less prosperous at this time in having far fewer affluent burgesses and no well-paid artificers . |
| 5 | Neighbouring Middlesbrough has always been developed as the regional centre . |
| 6 | A titled but non-executive chairman has always been seen by some as a desirable ornament on the company 's board , and even more so on its stationery . |
| 7 | Handy accepted the appointment in 1977 as an alternative to joining the church , and his management thinking has always been marked by a belief that companies ought to be about more than performance and profitability . |
| 8 | The central criticism of the 1960 programme has always been directed against its allegedly authoritarian character . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For example , the distribution of the labour force between agriculture and industry has always been regarded as an important indicator of economic growth , if not precisely development , because most of the present advanced industrial societies , in particular the United Kingdom and the United States , exhibited a marked tendency to reduce their agricultural labour force while increasing their industrial labour force . |
| 11 | The paper which is more less suitable for publishing art books has always been made in Ukraine . |
| 12 | The document that I issued this morning on urban aid has always been issued in that form by all Governments . |
| 13 | Her father 's stern presence had prevented such scenes of gay ebullience , but the weary harvesters had always been welcomed with heartfelt gratitude and hospitality into her mother 's kitchen , where the tables groaned with an array of fare equally good as that now placed before the workers of Thorsbury . |
| 14 | His bullying tactics had always been reserved for the weaker sex , Virginia guessed bitterly . |
| 15 | The electricity industry had always been considered to be a natural monopoly and plans to privatise it were preceded by lengthy discussions about the ideal structure for the industry . |
| 16 | Their friendship had always been tinged with rivalry , something which helped each to bounce off the other 's character in the movie . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Horticultural publication has always been treated with low priority compared to taxonomic research at RBGE . |
| 19 | The depiction of battle has always been tempered by the social climate , as Ann Kodicek discovers in her study of war art past and present . |
| 20 | The depiction of battle has always been tempered by the social climate , as Ann Kodicek discovers in her study of war art past and present . |
| 21 | ‘ Our plan has always been aimed at 20% . |
| 22 | Innovation role models have always been provided by the German chemical industry , which had a clear lead when ICI was founded . |
| 23 | Of the two main sources of pearls those from marine molluscs have always been preferred to those from freshwater . |
| 24 | But if Conservatives have always been agreed on the main danger they face , and have always agreed on the basic means to combat it , they have not , Eccleshall argues , always been agreed on the precise manner of exercising authority and maintaining social discipline . |
| 25 | Weisstein declares that ‘ biology has always been used as a curse against women ’ ( quoted in Halpern 1986 : 1015 ) . |
| 26 | In Italy , membership of the Community has always been associated with growth and better government than its own non-government . |
| 27 | They all came down and used to come in our rooms and all sorts of other and I met some very ni and of course , all nationalities , you see and no matter what they were , well of course Cambridge has always been noted for different nationalities , has n't it ? |
| 28 | Social security has always been committed to meeting a reasonable rate . |
| 29 | Throughout the Far East , the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties . |
| 30 | 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 . |