Example sentences of "[be] [adv] always [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The outer form and the behaviour of the creature are thus always at one — man does not try to flap his arms and fly , any more than an insect seeks out the sex pheromones of another species as if they were its own .
2 Seed of biennials or short-lived perennials , such as foxgloves , are nearly always worth saving — but sow some now , and store the rest .
3 The supporters from three of these teams have a history of violence ; in Cairo , riot police are nearly always on hand , and even referees need protection from death threats .
4 They are mostly of brick , unlike the woollen mills of Yorkshire , which are nearly always of stone .
5 These birds are nearly always in winter plumage and presumably are immature .
6 Since these are nearly always in winter plumage they are presumably immature .
7 In the full orchestra four horns ( or , more accurately , two pairs of horns ) are now always to be found .
8 Indeed , for the individual who has arrived to keep a rendezvous with the pictures alone , there is the feeling of being conspicuously different , especially if you lose your social poise and start glaring fiercely at works which are almost always above someone 's head .
9 Tropical forests are almost always in developing countries suffering from varying degrees of poverty and debt .
10 Most gardens only have space for a few trees and in a small plot they are almost always in view , therefore careful choice is essential .
11 Elderly people are almost always in some sense part of a family with kin-related and social support networks .
12 Surely the English and French were nearly always at war in those days . ’
13 The actual vaults were nearly always of concrete and it was the strength of Roman concrete which made it possible to cover the enormous spaces in this way .
14 It was nonchalant in its dealings with other cats , disdainfully ignoring the usual status battles , which were nearly always between males or between females — there was little social fighting across the genders .
15 In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea .
16 Tweed , the Liberal election agent , ‘ knew … that it was not illness or the tedium of a long convalescence which kept him out , but that his heart was not in it and that confronted with the serried ranks of vested interests which compose this new Government , his sympathies were as always with the bottom dogs … '
17 Except in the Central Province , Europeans were almost always in a minority .
18 ‘ Our family did n't exactly come from the wrong side of the tracks , but we were certainly always within sound of the train whistles . ’
19 As it can only be grown in Northern India among the foothills of the Himalayas , it is naturally always in great demand and once you savour the fragrance and taste of the rice for yourself you will understand why .
20 But content-driven curriculum is conversely always in danger of reducing the quality of transactions between teacher and child by becoming a handing-out of packages .
21 Those clays in fact go right across the hillside there , and they cause a lot of problems because they slope inland , and over Ritchie Hill , coming out of Newhaven , the road there is nearly always during the winter months broken by cracks which open up , and has in fact been subject to considerable reconstruction this last summer .
22 Clear air is nearly always of paramount importance .
23 I believe that the reason for that is that when the Bible is used in school or in church it is nearly always in the form of a modern version , which is entirely unmemorable and unpoetic .
24 Although individuals may be grouped on the basis of various variable scores , this is almost always without regard for their position within the social structure .
25 The purpose of this instruction is to eliminate the excess tension that is almost always to be found in the muscles of the neck .
26 In the history of litigation in rock ‘ n ’ roll it is almost always about money .
27 Bach 's music is almost always at the pulse of a heartbeat .
28 But these practical issues aside , there is a more subtle dimension to conflict which is almost always at work when interpersonal disagreements arise .
29 The pressure to conclude a settlement is almost always on the plaintiff who is placed at a considerable disadvantage against the skilled defendant .
30 If the search space is such that the optimal solution is almost always within a narrow band of competitors throughout the length of the path , then all the paths which fall outside this band can be pruned ( see Pearl 1984 ) .
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