Example sentences of "[be] always [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |
| 2 | We started everything from scratch , which is nice , because people get so stuck in their ways : you walk into a professional studio and things are always done in a certain way . |
| 3 | The characteristic verbal acrobatics of Brooke-Rose 's earlier work are kept to a minimum , and when they are employed they are always motivated in a naturalistic way . |
| 4 | These rules may provide that certain business activities are always regulated in a certain way , irrespective of where they take place . |
| 5 | This is not the experience of the majority of prescribers , however , and approaches such as psionic medicine and bio-electronic regulatory medicine find that a number of different remedies are always indicated in a chronic case . |
| 6 | A further point to remember in the presentation of data is that most people can not ‘ take in ’ lists of figures , so ensure that they are always presented in a diagrammatic form to show clearly proportions , relationships and trends . |
| 7 | In quantum theory probabilities are always calculated in a two-step fashion . |
| 8 | To begin with , people thought that electric charges could be arbitrarily big or small , but Faraday made the crucial step of showing that charged atoms , or ions , are always associated with a fixed amount of charge or some multiple thereof , suggesting atoms of electric charge . |
| 9 | The solo man and woman are always accompanied by a masked figure known in China as ‘ the Eternal One ’ and in England as ‘ the Messenger of Death ’ . |
| 10 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
| 11 | But I 'm always reminded of a large bomber aircraft coming in to land , moving very much more slowly than you 'd expect for something of its size . |
| 12 | Differs from Sand Partridge especially in cock 's striking head pattern , white stripe through eye being always flanked by a broad black stripe above and a narrower one below . |
| 13 | Well I suppose it because , as I told you , those four routes were always treated as a separate entity because they were on , there were possible chances of marrying those routes together to get them to run the most economical way . |
| 14 | India were always struggling after a tight opening blast by Allan Donald and Fanie de Villiers and were bowled out for 177 . |
| 15 | There have been many examples , particularly in pub , club and leisure businesses where false economies have been made and wilting plant material is always noticed by a discerning , paying public . |
| 16 | Some of these planes seem to recede away from the eye into shallow depth , but this sensation is always counteracted by a succeeding passage which will lead the eye forward again up on to the picture plane . |
| 17 | Third , political parties have declined as serious inputs into policy-making , either because a single party grouping has emerged as dominant over all alternatives ( as in Japan or Gaullist France ) , or because where two party groupings alternate in power , executive authority is always monopolized by a centrist bloc which spans both possible parties of government ( as in Britain or West Germany ) . |
| 18 | It is always done in a running stream … the rivers contain in ordinary weather but a very small stream of water , trickling through an immense mass of rocks of all sizes . |
| 19 | In a family in which ‘ asking ’ is always done by a threatening fist , and physical violence is the usual means of expressing ill-temper or frustration , the difference between welfare and ill-fare is the strength of the blow rather than the fact that it happened . |
| 20 | However , whereas routine can become mechanical , ritual itself is always intended as a conscious act . |
| 21 | It seems that in any country , the Rottweiler is always recognized as a working dog first and a show dog as an after thought and then as only a show dog . |
| 22 | In a breathing session exertion is always balanced by a resting time , allowing one to experience the deeper respiration that comes from stillness and repose . |
| 23 | The first time one addresses an instructor , one should call him sifu , which means ‘ father ’ and is always applied to a Chinese kung fu instructor in accordance with the art 's long family traditions . |
| 24 | We do not use Labov 's concept of the vernacular — the language used by speakers when they are not being observed ( which is described by Labov as the most ‘ regular ’ style ) — and this is in accordance with Principle 1 , suggested in chapter 1 : language in use is always observed within a social context of some kind . |
| 25 | Oral language is always directed to a particular individual usually with some intended effect such as influencing his views , maintaining a certain relationship or controlling his actions . |
| 26 | This is production on an extending scale , in which case equilibrium is always established on a new basis ; simultaneously with a certain consumption proceeds a larger production ; consumption consequently also increases , while production increases still further . |
| 27 | ‘ Personal development is , we believe of key importance to ensure that motivation is always running at a high level . |
| 28 | He 's always worked without a personal producer . ’ |
| 29 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 30 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |