Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [was/were] always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Russia 's ability to accept capitalist economic aid was always in doubt and Molotov walked out of the Paris talks on 2 July , complaining that the Marshall Plan would lead to Germany 's industrial revival and infringe the economic independence of European States , which would become US puppets . |
| 2 | In this study one group of children learned to choose the less attractive of two toys in pairs where the forbidden toy was always of one colour and therefore easy to identify . |
| 3 | After this Louis XIV spent relatively little money on his navy ; he had to defend his frontiers against the threat of invasion by land through Belgium , and naval supremacy was always for him a secondary consideration . |
| 4 | ( Clearly there is also an indirect contribution via the resulting growth in wages. ) 1958 was the only year in which the level of investment fell , and the average growth rate over any five-year period was always at least 4 per cent per annum . |
| 5 | At one stage the Guernsey was used as a draught animal and later for beef , but its prime role was always as a milk producer . |
| 6 | Although America 's current account was always in surplus during the 1960s , her net capital outflows , particularly private investments overseas , more than offset the current account surplus in most years . |
| 7 | Guided by his longtime athletics coach Jim Burns , Mullin 's physical preparation was always of the highest quality . |
| 8 | His neat , slant-eyed Slavonic face was always before her . |
| 9 | Closet federal Europeans earlier maintained that the EC was merely a gigantic free trade area ; now they boldly affirm that political and monetary union were always at the heart of the treaty of Rome . |
| 10 | His diminutive figure was always to be seen during battles with the opposition , and for this reason he gained exceptionally early admission to the Rowdies as a kind of unofficial mascot . |
| 11 | In that instance they were unsuccessful , for the interest of Lord Milton and the Earl of Ilay was considerably stronger than that of the Haldanes , but the more attractive posts in the permanent garrison were always in demand from tradesmen in the town . |