Example sentences of "have [adv] been [verb] [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It has always been done this way ’ is poor reason unless one knows why .
2 Law by convention is never complete , because new issues constantly arise that have not been settled one way or the other by whatever institutions have conventional authority to decide them .
3 ‘ It 's always been done this way ’ is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when persuading others .
4 He may also act on the principle that ‘ things have always been done this way ’ and justify his actions accordingly .
5 The authority for doing things this way lies in the fact that they have always been done this way and so questioning is not encouraged .
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