Example sentences of "[vb -s] always been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brooks has always been a strong influence in the stability market , evidenced by the long-term success of the Chariot . |
| 2 | In Bohemia especially , with its long tradition of industrialisation stretching back to the 1830s , where there has always been a strong commitment to the idea of social equality , where the call for national equality against the Germans had a strong social context , it 's quite logical that some kind of socialist or social thought will in the end prevail . |
| 3 | The discreet field of African art , which escaped art market speculation and has always been a strong point at the fair , will be better represented than ever this year by six dealers , two of them newcomers — Meyer and Ratton , both from Paris . |
| 4 | That a computer can be taught to work like that has always been a controversial proposition ; even today there are observers who believe that it is impossible to build a machine ( at least with current programming techniques ) that can plan even remotely as well as a human . |
| 5 | The role of gold has always been a controversial issue in the international monetary system , but with the advent of floating its importance as a source of international liquidity has been reduced in several ways . |
| 6 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 7 | However , military necessity has always been a dangerous principle when counterposed to the principle of humanitarian limitation of the means of warfare . |
| 8 | In fact Benitses has always been a rocking resort , and over the past couple of years has become even more exciting . |
| 9 | I 've been to most European countries , but Albania has always been a closed country . |
| 10 | Accounting has always been a closed book to me . ’ |
| 11 | The pentatonic major scale is and has always been a pre-eminent part of the rock guitarist 's vocabulary . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the later history of Marxism , the re-education of the peasantry and workers , along with the transformation of production processes , has always been a prime instrument in the securing of revolutionary goals ( Hinton 1972 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ This has always been a nice close . |
| 16 | There has always been a close correlation between the status of older people , and their personal achievement . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | fairclough has always been a good defender ( ex England U21 ) , but he s excellent when given a job , like marking Tony Daley out of the game . |
| 19 | Education has always been a low government spending priority , with the oligarchy preferring to send their children to private schools and then universities abroad . |
| 20 | Historically cleaning has always been a low status occupation . |
| 21 | In the United States , what we now recognise as social psychology has always been a rich vein of thought . |
| 22 | For legendary country star Johnny Cash , America 's history has always been a rich source of material — and dressing up ! |
| 23 | ‘ He has been playing on the right side and doing very well , ’ said Bingham who has always been a Black admirer . |
| 24 | There has always been a certain emnity between the two fighters , which , predictably , nearly exploded at the press conference announcing the match . |
| 25 | There has always been a wide discrepancy in the superego between the infantile image of the parents and the later one in which the characteristics of the real parents predominate . |
| 26 | Oloron has always been a successful market town , right from the days when it traded mainly across the mountains , with Aragon . |
| 27 | Charlemagne himself , at once " French " and " German " , has always been a powerful symbol of European domination , a model for both Napoleon and Kaiser Wilhelm II . |
| 28 | For history , as Althusser noted , has always been a problematical concept . |
| 29 | The UK has always been a net exporter of carpets and its reputation for quality has worldwide acclaim . |
| 30 | ‘ I think there has always been a slight fear of making massive steps on our own , ’ says Gedge . |