Example sentences of "[noun] was always [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social chapter was always going to be the item over which the opposition forces would coalesce . |
| 2 | ‘ The stopping and cutting of tape was always said to be very expensive , not only in the cost of the tape but also in the man hours needed to do it . |
| 3 | In the Mughal court great importance was always given to small details of protocol and privilege : the colour of a turban , the number of jewels in a noble 's dagger , the place he was assigned in the Red Fort : all these things had significance as subtle indicators to an omrah 's place in the ranking of the empire . |
| 4 | Bruce Jones , a leading leisure analyst at the broker , Smith New Court , said the outcome was always going to be difficult to call , ‘ given that Cook 's 8 per cent stake was a blocking factor ’ . |
| 5 | Visitors were expected to pay in advance but credit was always given to favourites like Modigliani and Leon Trotsky the Russian revolutionary . |
| 6 | The replies ranged from ‘ not much ’ , because the school had a bursar , to ‘ all day ’ , because a non-teaching head ‘ has to do something all day ’ or because the head was always seen to be going out to talk about devolution ! |
| 7 | So the stage adaption of Nicholas Nickleby was always going to be a challenge . |
| 8 | She probably told the whole village that the doctor 's wife was always complaining to the local shopkeepers . ’ |
| 9 | Looking at Saturday 's game , Tait said : ‘ Hartlepool was always going to be a hard game , but it 's even harder after we lost the other night . ’ |
| 10 | That is why the Maastricht summit was always going to be important well beyond its paper agenda . |
| 11 | A man with a past was always going to be more worth knowing that a man without one . |
| 12 | The Minimalist 's notion of site specificity was always limited to the room , the perfect white cube . |
| 13 | The second new constraint arises from the fact that Mr Clinton was always fated to be something of a weak president . |
| 14 | The British challenge was always expected to be spearheaded by McRae 's Subaru Legacy , but Wilson confounded the pundits by snatching fifth place overall — four seconds behind his domestic rival . |
| 15 | ‘ We have made Ygelda the new Steward , and she says it will be nothing new to her for Gwion was always running to her for help . ’ |
| 16 | An absolute guarantee of choice of school was always going to be impossible . |
| 17 | ‘ London was always going to be the most difficult test . |
| 18 | It is easy to criticise the government 's decisions : after a century of inertia , making changes in London was always going to be difficult , and Mrs Bottomley deserves credit for getting the process started . |
| 19 | the second game against benneton treviso was always going to be the real test … |
| 20 | Even thereafter , when factional purges were regular , Bubwith was always named to the council . |
| 21 | City tried hard to get back into it but their task was always going to be maintenance , although Paul Hackett struck a good goal in a move involving several players , to reduce the area on seventy four minutes . |