Example sentences of "always [vb pp] to the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |
| 2 | It was no coincidence that Franco always referred to the exercise of political power as " el mando " — " command " . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've always referred to the diary as ‘ my grandfather 's log book ’ , ’ said Mr Heward , 65 , of Birchwood Road , Marton , Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | Strangely my mother always referred to the area between St. Paul 's Road and Gas Lane as ‘ the old Gaol ground ’ , no doubt copying her mother 's description for the area was developed for housing in 1870 . |
| 5 | First , consent in the strict sense is always given to the actions of other persons . |
| 6 | Sufficient time is not always given to the study of the basic principles and the proper spacing and placing of the movements . |
| 7 | In some languages such as Lisu , Japanese , and Korean , topics are further marked by the addition of a morpheme : for example , the suffix -nya is always added to the topic of a sentence in Lisu . |
| 8 | Like Hyndman , and the Webbs , Blatchford had always looked to the state as the main agency of social change . |
| 9 | His competitive streak has always come to the fore in head-to-head situations , such as the World Match Play and the Ryder Cup . |
| 10 | The nineteenth-century expansion of London in general and west London in particular was complex and not by any means always related to the arrival of the railways . |
| 11 | The crucial difference is that a trust could be set up with a non-heir as trustee , whereas legacies remained always bound to the need for an heir to discharge them . |
| 12 | Again and again he spelled out his commitment — almost always linked to the question of the mandate , as in the Commons in January 1913 : |
| 13 | Although there are kinsmen and in-laws with whom it is proper to live , the final choice is always left to the individual as a private decision . |
| 14 | The fish jumped out of the tank on a few occasions , landing on the carpet , but was always returned to the tank in time . |
| 15 | The voluntary muscles are nearly always attached to the bones of the skeleton and their function is to move parts of the body when we so wish . |