Example sentences of "[noun pl] have always been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PROVIDING musical settings for other people 's words has always been a handy option when one 's own muse is temporarily employed elsewhere . |
| 2 | My father owned garages , so cars have always been a big part of my life . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ English ’ in American schools and universities has always been a cultural , not a progressive , intellectual subject . |
| 4 | Close attention to constituent needs has always been an indispensable condition for success in elections to the US congress , but in the 1970s it assumed a new significance . |
| 5 | It is perhaps surprising that plant tissues contain substances which affect animals , but plants have always been a useful source of drugs , and indigenous remedies from all parts of the world were studied when research interests expanded after 1945 . |
| 6 | In fact Benitses has always been a rocking resort , and over the past couple of years has become even more exciting . |
| 7 | ‘ The financing of small , growth businesses has always been an important national issue , made all the more important by the effects of economic recession , ’ said . |
| 8 | For despite having an open mind in many ways , his attitude to women and their problems had always been the conventional one of the young aristocrat he had once been . |
| 9 | ‘ In England we had Morris dancing , mostly knee down , and our ballet dancers have always been the best for quick , precise footwork . |
| 10 | Branson 's living arrangements had always been a moveable feast , a reflection of the lack of boundaries between his work and private life . |
| 11 | The Source — Building societies have always been the traditional source of mortgage finance , however , banks finance companies and specialist lenders have also moved into the market and now provide major competition to the building societies . |
| 12 | Sexual fantasies have always been a powerful stimulus in the enjoyment of sex — even for professionals in the business . |
| 13 | The Sunday Times had always been a special paper , particularly in the Harold Evans days , when , with stories like Thalidomide and the Insight coverage of Northern Ireland , it could lay claim to being the greatest in the world . |
| 14 | The documentation for these drawings has always been the best of any British collection of its type , and after the paring away of the greatest country house collection of drawings Chatsworth 's by the two Christie 's sales of the 1980s , Holkham remained the most important extant . |
| 15 | Horses have always been an expensive pastime but in the current economic situation any chance to save a few pennies is more welcome than ever . |
| 16 | Local authorities have always been the main providers of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing , and although the actual number of such dwellings decreased between the periods 1970/81 and 1982/6 due to an overall decline in their house-building programme , the percentage of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing increased in this period . |
| 17 | Gilbert , smiling , interjects : ‘ Artists have always been the biggest fuckers , no ? |
| 18 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |