Example sentences of "[vb -s] always [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recognition of his enormous contribution to world tennis , fellow ITF members presented him during the World Champions Dinner in the elegant Pavilion Gabriel in Paris , during the French Open , with a specially commissioned bust , complete with that pugnacious chin which perfectly reflects the determined response he has always presented to any potentially damaging challenge . |
| 2 | He seems more concerned with settling scores with rival music critics than getting behind the jolly , extrovert exterior that Mr Cliburn has always presented to the public , and , apparently , to his friends as well . |
| 3 | EEB members believe that subsidiarity ( the principle that action should be devolved to the lowest competent level of government ) has always applied to the EC 's environmental policies , which are among the most popular achievements of the Community . |
| 4 | The topic of cohesion … has always appeared to me the most useful constituent of discourse analysis or text linguistics applicable to translation . |
| 5 | Clough has always marched to a different tune , but this time his perversity may finally be his undoing . |
| 6 | On this basis he may by all means erect a system of imperatives logically interrelated with statements of objective fact , and elaborate it to any degree of complexity he pleases , but to confirm or correct it he has always to return to subjectivity , to his own spontaneity in the concrete situation . |
| 7 | ‘ Diana has always said to her friends throughout her royal career , ‘ I will never become Queen ’ . ’ |
| 8 | I welcome the support that my hon. Friend has always given to that company . |
| 9 | The BeSHT became so influential that the leaders of the people , the power-manipulators and self-appointed guardians of the Law , had no alternative but to do what their like has always done to those who broke loose , butterfly-like : They excommunicated him ; marginalised his usefulness ; neutered his religious potency : ‘ A prophet is not without honour … ’ |
| 10 | Keith has always wanted to be an athlete . |
| 11 | Justin says he was signed up while in a local resturant the other day and has never run a marathon before but has always wanted to … |
| 12 | Your complaint has always amounted to the fact that the Yek do n't think the way you do — that they do n't accept your values . ’ |
| 13 | What socialism there has been among the catholic — nationalist tradition has always tended to be allied to republicanism , especially in the period 1913 to 1930 ( Rumpf and Hepburn 1977 : 13 ) . |
| 14 | IT HAS always tended to be assumed that governments , by and large , prefer things to go well . |
| 15 | Social life can thus be viewed as a kind of theatre , an image which , of course , has always appealed to dramatists and poets . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never played before but it is something which has always appealed to me , and it should be good for my powers of co-ordination , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Mr Bell , aged 39 , of Oakley Gardens , West Auckland , said he has always tried to be polite during his 17 years as a driver . |
| 18 | Everything of importance has always happened to me in the autumn , every new departure has always presented itself within a dying context . |
| 19 | It has always belonged to my people . |
| 20 | The clearest insight , esoteric perhaps , has always belonged to the Rishis or Initiates although accessible to all those who sincerely desire , and are able to absorb and assimilate , such ‘ secret truths ’ by means of the heart rather than the intellect . |
| 21 | It has always seemed to me rather sad that almost any move from beat duty is regarded as a promotion . |
| 22 | Beyond this , I do not accept much of the Freudian mythological apparatus , though Civilization and its Discontents has always seemed to me a penetrating if deeply pessimistic work of cultural analysis . |
| 23 | For the time being , Baggio seems to be more in opposition to Donadoni than to Giannini , since the last mentioned has always seemed to be a favourite son of Vicini , one of that select group of players who matriculated along with the manager from the Italian under-21 side to the senior team . |
| 24 | The year 's resurgence of interest in travesties of middle-aged women , all ugly , strident and terminally randy , boucing around alongside girls in doublets and hose or whatever , intent on making respectful love to sugary heroines in lacy crinolines , has always seemed to me extraordinary . |
| 25 | It has always seemed to me that in pupils ' day to day work and more specifically in their exercise books , we have a reasonable body of evidence which can be evaluated , probably in the school , moderated , probably by other teachers and headmasters and allowed to count in some way towards the success of pupils . |
| 26 | One of the great mysteries of the Bible , it has always seemed to me , was how Daniel managed to interpret the writing on the wall at Belshazzar 's impious feast . |
| 27 | Tea has always seemed to me a childish and pointless affair , but it has the advantage of being morally blameless and socially safe . |
| 28 | Great Escapes ' Paul Scrimshaw explained : ‘ It has always seemed to us that as long as the hoteliers play the game fairly then all parties have received a reasonable benefit . ’ |
| 29 | It has always seemed to us better to face our competition on the basis of our chemical abilities , where we are undoubtedly strong . |
| 30 | The fact that the organisers decided that it was time to show Spanish Pop and the French New Realists made sense ; Martial Raysse has always seemed to me a very interesting artist , but he has been ignored outside France . |