Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] always [art] " in BNC.

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1 In times of crisis the budgets for cultural institutions are always the first to be suspended , and in some sense this is correct : I do n't want to compete with kindergartens .
2 ‘ The simple plans are always the best , ’ Benny quipped .
3 The chancellor 's plans are always the subject of intense speculation as budget day approaches .
4 Whether or not we accept their view , it can not be denied that groups are always an important part of any developed political system .
5 Taxi drivers are always a good source of copy .
6 Surprise parties are always the best .
7 Such ideas tend to be anathema to the Army Board , not because they are against the creation of stronger reserves ; nor because of the difficulties of finding barrack accommodation and training areas in the cramped and over-populated British Isles ; but because the units withdrawn from the Continent would become vulnerable to pruning in some future retrenchment programme — reserves are always the first to go when cuts are demanded , since their size is based on subjective rather than objective judgments .
8 Indeed , features designed to teach and guide readers on ways of approaching all kinds of subject matter in a variety of media and styles are always a high priority .
9 Maybe this is because Wodehouse 's country house settings were always a never-never land which defy visual translation , whereas his view of America , however far he sent up his adopted country , had closer links with reality .
10 Scudamore , who went on to ride a record 221 last term , said : ‘ To ride 100 winners is always a thrill .
11 Asked how he decides on the price of a dish , the Cook ( Richard Bohringer ) explains that black ingredients are always the most expensive because people like to remind themselves of death .
12 ‘ Finding good sites is always a problem , but there are a lot of places where we are not represented , ’ said chairman David Sainsbury .
13 Everything was excellent , the weather , accommodation , all facilities including a swimming pool , food and above all the company of so many like-minded Medau enthusiasts is always a happy experience .
14 His last question to bishops on their ad limina visits was always the courteous : ‘ And now , is there anything I can do for you ? ’
15 Children 's needs are always the last to be considered by architects and planners , ’ says Gordon .
16 The old days are always the ‘ bad old days ’ .
17 Floating plants are always a good addition to any aquarium that contains Gouramis .
18 While textiles were always the major item , the old trade in pepper was being displaced by the coffee trade with Arabia , and by the trade in tea , which then came exclusively from China .
19 First ideas were always the best .
20 Special educational needs was always a much more prominent aspect of the work of Phase 1 coordinators than of those in Phases 2 or 3 , and for the first three years of PNP SEN was the dominant coordinator task in Phase 1 .
21 Moreover , the notice that had to be given to temporary workers was always the statutory minimum ( one week if , as was usual , they had less than two years service ) rather than the extended notice ( often a minimum of four weeks ) which many of the organisations had granted to their regular workforces .
22 There was the charming Denis whose paintings were always a delight .
23 Shah Jehan 's extraordinary sexual appetites were always a matter of some speculation in the Imperial City , both to travellers and to native Delhi-wallahs .
24 Erm resources is always a problem .
25 He seemed to have come to terms with the end of his career but the fact he never spoke about his feelings was always a worry . ’
26 The centre-piece of the medieval festivals was always the great religious procession when the images of the saints were taken out of the churches and cathedrals and paraded round the town , as still happens in Catholic Europe .
27 Room-size roll ends are always a good buy .
28 The fertile lowlands are always the first places to be occupied and Java was no exception .
29 Do n't get me wrong , I like flashy bass playing and it would be wrong for me to sound as if I did n't approve ; it 's just that these kind of situations are always a trade-off .
30 Above all , he rejected the Marxist view that economic relations were always the explanation of social structure and the prime mover of social change .
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