Example sentences of "[noun pl] have always [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milne said : ‘ The beauty of rugby is that fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 2 | ‘ The beauty of rugby is fans have always been able to have a pint afterwards . |
| 3 | Schools have always been involved in issues of resource management such as the allocation of capitation allowances . |
| 4 | My hips and thighs have always been bulky , making me feel uncomfortable in trousers/tight jeans . |
| 5 | He acknowledges that FI is the cutting end of technology and yet his solutions have always been simple , economical and remarkably ‘ easy ’ in their handling . |
| 6 | ‘ Journalists have always been keen on the idea of a ‘ Punk Revival ’ and now that a few bands like the Buzzcocks , Sham 69 and X-Ray Spex are back together they 're having a field day . |
| 7 | The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation . |
| 8 | In fluid mechanics two methods have always been available for the description of motion — Lagrange 's and Euler 's . |
| 9 | Matt shades for lips and eyes have always been chic and even exotic , but difficult to apply . |
| 10 | However , yields have always been low because of the climate . |
| 11 | Biopic roles have always been popular with the Academy . |
| 12 | ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry . |
| 13 | First , historically the links between genetics and commercial concerns have always been close . |
| 14 | This stress on authority and hierarchy is , Eccleshall contends , understandable given that ‘ from Restoration absolutism to the Thatcherite preoccupation with law and order Conservatives have always been fearful of social indiscipline ’ . |
| 15 | The Wards are most helpful ( they say that running Culver Lodge has restored their faith in human nature as their guests have always been such a pleasure ) and are always ready to give advice on places to visit , walks , bus and rail timetables . |
| 16 | Thirdly , a recurrent theme of much criticism of local government has been that the division and allocation of responsibilities have always been unclear . |
| 17 | Asians have always been clever with their vegetables . |
| 18 | The best British films have always been those that transcended these artificial oppositions . |
| 19 | Feminists and other progressives have always been uncomfortable with the whole notion of morality , viewing it as an essentially conservative concept that has been used to bolster traditional modes of thinking and undermine efforts for change . |
| 20 | British fur farmers have always been conscious of their welfare duties and responsibilities to others . |
| 21 | The type of front-line workers who are generally regarded as paraprofessionals have always been important participants in social service activities throughout the world . |
| 22 | Calendars and diaries have always been popular in good bookshops , many of these products spinning off from familiar sources ( Tolkien , Beatrix Potter ) and sold in by book publishers with the autumn lists . |
| 23 | Geographers have always been interested in the relations between people and the environment . |
| 24 | These qualities have always been present in the metaphors and similes of poetry but they have been less frequent in painting , which in the past was largely concerned with reproducing external reality , with decoration , or , as in the more advanced movements of recent years , with the composition of color and line into formal design . |
| 25 | These things have always been expensive but now the cost is terrifying . |
| 26 | Some psychologists point to a decline in the mid-1980s and blame new-fangled teaching methods ; others insist that things have always been this bad . |
| 27 | This suggests that the Moon , or at least the outer 200 km or so , has never been flexible enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and therefore that these outer regions have always been cold . |
| 28 | Throughout the years , ICI chemists have always been able to make good use of the profusion of basic materials available on Teesside to make more complex organic compounds . |
| 29 | Uniforms have always been attractive to certain women , and the flame-retardant overalls have become pretty much a uniform . |
| 30 | There is evidence that volatile materials have always been scarce on the Moon . |