Example sentences of "always [prep] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More generally the case of T. E. Lawrence becomes an exemplary reminder that we are obliged ‘ to approach history always through the refractions of desire and identification , and to read race and class insistently in relation to sexuality ’ ( White Skin , Brown Masks , 4 , 10 , 12 ) . |
| 2 | It 's almost always about the sort of fringe things that happen in schools , the not strictly educational erm organisational matters about when to bring bits of equipment and which day the term 's going to finish , but very few schools put much into writing about how they teach maths , or what the children are going to be doing that term as a topic . |
| 3 | Though the artist was ill with tuberculosis and had no money to pay for his keep , Marama looked after him while he painted her over and over again ; sometimes nude , sometimes dressed , and nearly always against the background of island scenery — near the waterfalls and the secret pools , in dells that laced the volcanic slopes , in the village market , in the main street of Anani . |
| 4 | It was always with a sense of relief that Carolyn escaped to the greenhouse to water her seedlings . |
| 5 | Mascis himself hides behind a curtain of hair , uttering barely a word to the audience all evening , letting his guitar do all the squealing and screeching , but always with a suggestion of melody . |
| 6 | We find allusive reference to it from time to time in Leonard 's writings and songs — always with a frisson of awe . |
| 7 | Mum would offer the visitor , any visitor , a cup of tea , always with a piece of cake , or biscuit , or sandwich . |
| 8 | But his following definitions of the value of reading are close to my own convictions : ‘ reading , as we ought to teach it , can make not a good person , but a subtle , questioning one , always with the possibility of corruption yet richer and more enriching . ’ |
| 9 | One is always in a state of learning — if you stop learning it 's hopeless , I feel . |
| 10 | Cos when they place these they 're always in a zone of danger , double white lines . |
| 11 | In a similar manner , cost-cutting exercises move always in the direction of cutting costs without a specific target . |
| 12 | Some find themselves into formal language while others remain always in the realm of slang . |
| 13 | Recently , travel industry experts forecast that during the 1990s specialist travel shops will open where customers will be able to buy travel goods and equipment alongside their tickets and package holidays — Cook was always in the forefront of business ideas . |
| 14 | Subject always to the laws of libel , and the dictatorial whims of the editors , this column will range over anything and everything to do with electronic publishing , from newsworthy ‘ inside information ’ through to philosophical speculations about the true nature of EP . |
| 15 | Beyond , the Edge becomes less well defined and is succeeded by steep slopes , surmounted by inclining eastwards and following the county boundary and the watershed and keeping always to the height of land in surroundings of utter desolation yet of profound influence on the landscape , for three major rivers have their source hereabouts : the streams flowing east are tributaries of the River Swale , those to the west drain an area known as Eden Springs , the source of the River Eden , and a short distance to the south are the beginnings of the River Ure . |
| 16 | The Project provides a focus and catalyst for a large and continuously growing network of working groups whose emphasis is always on the development of professionalism and improved practice . |
| 17 | Within this group are the ‘ problem families ’ , always on the edge of pauperism and crime , riddled with mental and physical defects , in and out of the Courts for child neglect , a menace to the community of which the gravity is out of all proportion to their numbers . |
| 18 | Thus the ‘ mantle of the expert ’ is always on the edge of society 's rituals , myths , emblems , traditions , rejoicings and catastrophes . |
| 19 | The literary essay is a species always on the edge of extinction , and ( unlike most endangered species ) it is threatened most by the professionals in the field . |
| 20 | The mordant prophecy of Sisobyk the Scryer and the many ‘ openings ’ of Zilpah give the novel , always on the edge of domination by a single voice , a welcome variousness . |
| 21 | These problems can be overcome , but where is the pleasure of fishkeeping in something which is always on the edge of disaster ? |
| 22 | They were always on the subject of war anyway . |
| 23 | Seemingly always on the verge of promotion to the Cabinet he has a high profile at Westminster and is known for attracting a lot of publicity . |
| 24 | Another occasion which demonstrated Winston 's indifference to the dictates of authority or public opinion was when I was approached by a picaresque character called John Shaheen , an American oil magnate who spent his life getting in and out of the most complicated financial transactions , seemingly always on the verge of ruin but nevertheless contriving to remain sufficiently solvent to undertake his next massive adventure . |
| 25 | In any case , one must be aware of assuming that the angels are always on the side of innovation . |
| 26 | The result is an expensive machine : fine for the military , but always on the borderline of profitability . |