Example sentences of "is always [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been many examples , particularly in pub , club and leisure businesses where false economies have been made and wilting plant material is always noticed by a discerning , paying public . |
| 2 | Some of these planes seem to recede away from the eye into shallow depth , but this sensation is always counteracted by a succeeding passage which will lead the eye forward again up on to the picture plane . |
| 3 | Third , political parties have declined as serious inputs into policy-making , either because a single party grouping has emerged as dominant over all alternatives ( as in Japan or Gaullist France ) , or because where two party groupings alternate in power , executive authority is always monopolized by a centrist bloc which spans both possible parties of government ( as in Britain or West Germany ) . |
| 4 | It is always done in a running stream … the rivers contain in ordinary weather but a very small stream of water , trickling through an immense mass of rocks of all sizes . |
| 5 | In a family in which ‘ asking ’ is always done by a threatening fist , and physical violence is the usual means of expressing ill-temper or frustration , the difference between welfare and ill-fare is the strength of the blow rather than the fact that it happened . |
| 6 | However , whereas routine can become mechanical , ritual itself is always intended as a conscious act . |
| 7 | It seems that in any country , the Rottweiler is always recognized as a working dog first and a show dog as an after thought and then as only a show dog . |
| 8 | In a breathing session exertion is always balanced by a resting time , allowing one to experience the deeper respiration that comes from stillness and repose . |
| 9 | The first time one addresses an instructor , one should call him sifu , which means ‘ father ’ and is always applied to a Chinese kung fu instructor in accordance with the art 's long family traditions . |
| 10 | We do not use Labov 's concept of the vernacular — the language used by speakers when they are not being observed ( which is described by Labov as the most ‘ regular ’ style ) — and this is in accordance with Principle 1 , suggested in chapter 1 : language in use is always observed within a social context of some kind . |
| 11 | Oral language is always directed to a particular individual usually with some intended effect such as influencing his views , maintaining a certain relationship or controlling his actions . |
| 12 | This is production on an extending scale , in which case equilibrium is always established on a new basis ; simultaneously with a certain consumption proceeds a larger production ; consumption consequently also increases , while production increases still further . |
| 13 | ‘ Personal development is , we believe of key importance to ensure that motivation is always running at a high level . |