Example sentences of "[verb] always [verb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems more concerned with settling scores with rival music critics than getting behind the jolly , extrovert exterior that Mr Cliburn has always presented to the public , and , apparently , to his friends as well . |
| 2 | EEB members believe that subsidiarity ( the principle that action should be devolved to the lowest competent level of government ) has always applied to the EC 's environmental policies , which are among the most popular achievements of the Community . |
| 3 | Your complaint has always amounted to the fact that the Yek do n't think the way you do — that they do n't accept your values . ’ |
| 4 | The clearest insight , esoteric perhaps , has always belonged to the Rishis or Initiates although accessible to all those who sincerely desire , and are able to absorb and assimilate , such ‘ secret truths ’ by means of the heart rather than the intellect . |
| 5 | His competitive streak has always come to the fore in head-to-head situations , such as the World Match Play and the Ryder Cup . |
| 6 | This has always added to the clergy 's spiritual authority and status , and has tended to merge with the authority claimed by the clergy in matters of faith and morals , with the high clergy deciding what constitutes matters of faith and morals . |
| 7 | In order to make this facility useful , it is recommended that an organisation-wide policy be adopted ; e.g. ‘ Errors reported always apply to the module which first detects the error , not the reporting module ’ . |
| 8 | He 'd always gone to the fields long before Edward was up for school , but today he was still wrapping his lunchtime bread and cheese in a cloth . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've always referred to the diary as ‘ my grandfather 's log book ’ , ’ said Mr Heward , 65 , of Birchwood Road , Marton , Middlesbrough . |
| 10 | For soccer skills , we 've always looked to the Brazilians ; in cricket , the West Indies have been the power . |
| 11 | In this , as in other matters , the private desires of the woman had always to yield to the duties imposed on the sovereign . |
| 12 | But theoretically , the significance was still greater : the traditional Western bar on the ordination of the married had always applied to the diaconate as much as to the priesthood ( and for the same initial reason : marriage involving the practice of sex was regarded as causing pollution ) . |
| 13 | Like Hyndman , and the Webbs , Blatchford had always looked to the state as the main agency of social change . |
| 14 | The crucial difference is that a trust could be set up with a non-heir as trustee , whereas legacies remained always bound to the need for an heir to discharge them . |
| 15 | Bush ended his speech by returning to the Desert War theme and informing his audience that " We are still the freest nation on earth ; the kindest nation on earth ; the strongest nation on earth ; and we have always risen to the occasion . |
| 16 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |
| 17 | The moments she calls quality time have always belonged to the boys . |