Example sentences of "have always been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Council houses were sold and buses ‘ deregulated ’ ( although the housing association sector seems set to expand dramatically in the 1990s ) , but the bulk of existing public housing remained in council hands , and public transport has always been run on a semi-market basis , with the charging of fares coupled with separately identified public subsidy . |
| 2 | The Torbay line has always been run as a large-scale people mover and minimalist operation since the DVR took over the line in 1973 , but this stance failed to deliver the desired profitable results in 1991 . |
| 3 | For nearly thirty years that crusade has been regarded as one of his least successful , whereas a later British Crusade at Earls Court in London in 1966 has always been seen as a triumph . |
| 4 | ‘ She has always been seen as a typical Sloane Ranger . |
| 5 | The school library has always been seen as a source of information and resources for pupils and teachers . |
| 6 | In Christian thought , the family has always been seen as an essential unit in the community . |
| 7 | Finally , our success has always been based upon a sound strategic platform . ’ |
| 8 | More generally , creation has always been understood as an act of God 's grace , something He could perfectly well have chosen not to do , rather than some kind of necessary mechanism through which He ensured His own existence . |
| 9 | Videoconferencing has always been touted as a major use for ISDN . |
| 10 | Music has always been written for a purpose , be it a wedding , a funeral or a birth , and people have always been paid for it . |
| 11 | In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly . |
| 12 | Connie 's family moved to here in 1914 , and ever since then have taken a particular interest in the third-of-an-acre garden which has always been maintained in a traditional cottage garden style . |
| 13 | IT HAS always been regarded as a guilty but harmless secret shared by thousands of women . |
| 14 | Throughout the Far East , the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties . |
| 15 | For example , the distribution of the labour force between agriculture and industry has always been regarded as an important indicator of economic growth , if not precisely development , because most of the present advanced industrial societies , in particular the United Kingdom and the United States , exhibited a marked tendency to reduce their agricultural labour force while increasing their industrial labour force . |
| 16 | In fact the Minke whale , the smallest species , has always been hunted with a non-explosive grenade . |
| 17 | He ends by dismissing abstract art as leading , by its own logic , back to the blank canvas which once again requires the painter to put something on it : ‘ but with the knowledge that the greatest painting has always been made from a real love of the object ’ . |
| 18 | In other words , despite all the efforts of people anxious to prove otherwise , the fact is that man 's need for a ‘ god ’ has always been met as a result of his own efforts , and at no time supernaturally . |
| 19 | It has always been acknowledged as a superior rice and with the move to whole grains , brown Basmati is now much in demand . |
| 20 | Weisstein declares that ‘ biology has always been used as a curse against women ’ ( quoted in Halpern 1986 : 1015 ) . |
| 21 | Handy accepted the appointment in 1977 as an alternative to joining the church , and his management thinking has always been marked by a belief that companies ought to be about more than performance and profitability . |
| 22 | Criticism in this space during an inexorable slide this season has always been delivered with a heavy heart . |
| 23 | It has always been bred with an emphasis on good food conversion rates , whether for the production of meat or milk . |
| 24 | President Reagan 's Strategic Defense Initiative , announced in 1983 , has always been accompanied by a strong element of criticism of existing US nuclear policy , but it may turn out to be a good deal less than the promised means of freeing the world from the scourge of nuclear weaponry . |
| 25 | from Birmingham says hanging upside down has always been known as a cure in the Far East and it does work . |
| 26 | In his most dire reference to ‘ the extermination of Jewry in Europe ’ , in his November speech to the Party ‘ Old Guard ’ , he stated : ‘ I 've always been scorned as a prophet . |
| 27 | The union had already shown some opposition to aspects of Government policy , but this had always been voiced in a guarded or indirect way in its newspaper . |
| 28 | It was surprising because the group had always been perceived as a solid fourpiece and Charman was often vociferous during interviews . |
| 29 | The pleasure of the theme park , then , is that of a voluptuously total immersion in what had always been perceived as an exclusively visual experience . |
| 30 | Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite . |