Example sentences of "[noun sg] have always been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Subsequent Acts have tended to produce more detailed requirements , but the main thrust has always been for nationalized industries ' accounts to produce , as a minimum , the amount and kind of information that a PLC has to produce .
2 The quality of his work has always been of exceptional high standard and featured in every major project in the company .
3 But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession .
4 Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts .
5 In a community like this the printed word has always been of more importance than to most of those whose access to books was very much easier .
6 Of course quality of care has always been of professional concern in the NHS , but it was firmly placed on managerial agendas by the Griffiths management reforms in 1983 and given a substantial boost by WFP .
7 Much of the activity on the Tyne Tunnel Estate has always been in small warehousing and distribution depots but the two large manufacturing employers are Cape Insulation and Twinings Teas ( a subsidiary of Associated British Foods ) .
8 Although Maurice was not a Romanist nor an archaeologist — his interest has always been in medieval and later houses — he had set up a training school at Lincoln with Philip Corder as director .
9 The state of the weather has always been of great interest and almost every column has a full account .
10 Confidentiality for the client has always been of paramount importance within the CAB and is accepted by all workers as an essential part of their work .
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