Example sentences of "[noun] have always been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For women , communism has always been a double-edged sword . |
| 2 | Brooks has always been a strong influence in the stability market , evidenced by the long-term success of the Chariot . |
| 3 | However , military necessity has always been a dangerous principle when counterposed to the principle of humanitarian limitation of the means of warfare . |
| 4 | Teaching has always been a demanding and shifting job . |
| 5 | PROVIDING musical settings for other people 's words has always been a handy option when one 's own muse is temporarily employed elsewhere . |
| 6 | Although Calabria has always been a poor region , Apulia , in the years from the ninth to twelfth century , was rich . |
| 7 | Oloron has always been a successful market town , right from the days when it traded mainly across the mountains , with Aragon . |
| 8 | The construction of levadas to carry irrigation and drinking-water has always been a difficult feat of engineering , and many men have been killed over the years in their construction . |
| 9 | Accounting has always been a closed book to me . ’ |
| 10 | David had always been a great fashion person as well . |
| 11 | Fishing had always been a major industry . |
| 12 | My father owned garages , so cars have always been a big part of my life . ’ |
| 13 | The portfolio has always been a nervous holder of Pentos paper , and while the shares have been traded successfully over the years , no fortunes have been made . |
| 14 | My work has always been a visual diary . |
| 15 | Initially , it is probably fair to say that the NHS has always been a prolific collector of data , usually fairly basic data and almost always for bureaucratic purposes whether to satisfy regional or national demands for returns . |
| 16 | I 've been to most European countries , but Albania has always been a closed country . |
| 17 | The social life is an important facet of university education , and Eva had always been a sociable person . |
| 18 | Sport had always been a prominent source of news in its own right . |
| 19 | British Merseybeat had always been a no-go era . |
| 20 | ‘ English ’ in American schools and universities has always been a cultural , not a progressive , intellectual subject . |
| 21 | Reeth has always been a good walking centre , particularly for walkers from Tyneside and Teesside , and on many occasions I 've heard the hills round about echoing to a sound I love so well , the lilt of Geordie accents . |
| 22 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 23 | Historically cleaning has always been a low status occupation . |
| 24 | Indie distribution has always been a thorny problem . |
| 25 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 26 | This type of power tool has always been a popular ‘ first buy ’ for d-i-yers wanting a powered saw . |
| 27 | The annual report published by HMI has always been a loose-leaf , photocopied document , shoved out at a time designed least to embarrass Ministers . |
| 28 | Historically the transport business has always been a male dominated area therefore it may have been expected that the drivers would bite hard on their Yorkie bars and throw their hands up in horror at the prospect of not only having a lady boss , but one who had n't even got a driving licence for a Mini let alone a 38-tonne artic . |
| 29 | ‘ I know what all the world knows , ’ his sister maintained stoutly , ‘ and that is that Fatima has always been a true wife to you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Judo has always been a technical sport for me — it must be the most complex of any in the Olympic Games , ’ White said . |