Example sentences of "have always been [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Christian thought , the family has always been seen as an essential unit in the community . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Throughout the Far East , the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It has always been bred with an emphasis on good food conversion rates , whether for the production of meat or milk . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s . |