Example sentences of "have always been [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concluded : " The Labour and Socialist International has always been ready to negotiate with the Communist International with a view to common action as soon as this body is also ready . " |
| 2 | An England source said : ‘ Geoff has always been willing to help on an unofficial basis . |
| 3 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
| 4 | He had always been willing to spend on them . |
| 5 | He had always been accustomed to rely on Fiver and now , when he really needed him , he was letting them down . |
| 6 | While the newcomers consider the absence of street-lighting to be dangerous , particularly in the winter , the locals , who claim they have always been able to manage without it , regard it as an ugly and unnecessary intrusion . |
| 7 | Scientists themselves have always been able to work in laboratories during the week , and to pray in places of worship at the week-end , by accepting the separation of the domains . |
| 8 | I have always been able to knock off twenty years . |
| 9 | We feel that we have kept our own expenditure within very tight constraints and we have always been careful to stay within the limits of our modest budget . |
| 10 | Such contests have always been likely to degenerate into personality or ‘ beauty contests ’ . |
| 11 | Although a good deal of excavation has taken place at Alcester , especially in the south-western suburb around Birch Abbey , very little has received full publication.6 Excavations in the fortified area of the town have always been difficult owing to the presence of modern buildings , but with new developments taking place , they have at last become feasible ; even now , though , the line of the defences is still imperfectly known . |