Example sentences of "always [verb] been [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market . |
| 2 | Luke 's an influential and powerful man — the film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young , hopeful girls — and he 's wealthy too . |
| 3 | Near to large rivers and lakes , fishing would always have been a major activity , particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels . |
| 4 | It must always have been a real hope on Wilfrid 's part that a king of Northumbria from another branch of the royal family or from a noble line claiming royal descent would be more favourably disposed towards him than the descendants of Oswiu . |
| 5 | It seems likely , therefore , that transport must always have been a limiting factor on trade . |
| 6 | He always had been a perfect gentleman . |
| 7 | Although David Cecil was and always had been a devout Christian , he became the favourite candidate of those who resented the ‘ clerical candidate ’ , the man who had been put up by Lewis , just because he was a Christian . |