Example sentences of "always [verb] to [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the Mughal court great importance was always given to small details of protocol and privilege : the colour of a turban , the number of jewels in a noble 's dagger , the place he was assigned in the Red Fort : all these things had significance as subtle indicators to an omrah 's place in the ranking of the empire .
2 A very fine thing , and you know until er until the day I left in nineteen forty two they always referred to these chaps in the forties like say I was , er a as being er , Ooh he 's a man .
3 He always rose to such occasions with confident decisiveness and calm authority .
4 whether we succeed or fail in what we try to do nearly always depends to some extent on factors beyond our control .
5 Graham 's parents are , of course , always open to new suggestions for diagnosis and treatment of their son 's condition .
6 Rather , they should be seen as establishing ‘ influences ’ pulling in particular directions ( in contexts where , for particular individuals , there are many other influences ) , sometimes supportive , sometimes contradictory , but always open to some degree of individually idiosyncratic interpretation .
7 It almost always responds to adequate amounts of morphine , coanalgesics if appropriate , and , usually , an anxiolytic .
8 She 's always running to other members of the family — usually me — whenever she needs help . ’
9 Unlike mammals and other higher classes of animals , marine invertebrates are not always restricted to one method of reproduction and many have a number of different ways of procreating themselves .
10 Always try to cross-check bearings by other means , particularly normal Dr navigation .
11 Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s .
12 It is linguistically unacceptable to apply them except on grounds which would always lead to further application of them in all similar cases .
13 So Grice 's point is not that we always adhere to these maxims on a superficial level but rather that , wherever possible , people will interpret what we say as conforming to the maxims on at least some level .
14 C S Lewis says , ‘ Lovers are always talking to each other about their love ; friends hardly ever talk about their friendship .
15 Always stick to tinned fruit in natural juice where possible .
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