Example sentences of "have always [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The aim of all schools of initiation the world over has always been to guide a human mind from an ordinary state of consciousness which is considered as a conscious state of ignorance or illusion , to a higher , more aware , enlightened condition .
2 Hand-loom weaving has always been considered a male artisan activity , with the concession that wives from time to time might assist their husbands at the cottage loom .
3 The description and demonstration of the working of such systems has always been considered a major advance in anthropological theory and is usually traced to the publication in 1940 of African Political Systems by M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard with their respective discussions of the Tallensi of West Africa and the Nuer of East Africa .
4 Management 's key objective has always been to introduce a simpler , single status pay and staffing structure , with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of different parts of AEA .
5 For another it was learning French at evening classes when she had always been considered a complete duffer at languages .
6 Edward , on the other hand , had always been accorded a mysterious potency : ‘ They do so depend on him at Croxford . ’
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