Example sentences of "always [verb] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these planes seem to recede away from the eye into shallow depth , but this sensation is always counteracted by a succeeding passage which will lead the eye forward again up on to the picture plane . |
| 2 | In a family in which ‘ asking ’ is always done by a threatening fist , and physical violence is the usual means of expressing ill-temper or frustration , the difference between welfare and ill-fare is the strength of the blow rather than the fact that it happened . |
| 3 | There have been many examples , particularly in pub , club and leisure businesses where false economies have been made and wilting plant material is always noticed by a discerning , paying public . |
| 4 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 5 | The solo man and woman are always accompanied by a masked figure known in China as ‘ the Eternal One ’ and in England as ‘ the Messenger of Death ’ . |
| 6 | Differs from Sand Partridge especially in cock 's striking head pattern , white stripe through eye being always flanked by a broad black stripe above and a narrower one below . |
| 7 | Third , political parties have declined as serious inputs into policy-making , either because a single party grouping has emerged as dominant over all alternatives ( as in Japan or Gaullist France ) , or because where two party groupings alternate in power , executive authority is always monopolized by a centrist bloc which spans both possible parties of government ( as in Britain or West Germany ) . |
| 8 | In a breathing session exertion is always balanced by a resting time , allowing one to experience the deeper respiration that comes from stillness and repose . |
| 9 | In the kouros this development takes the form of ever more accurate rendering of observed natural forms , always controlled by a strong feeling for pattern ; but the idea is hardly yet present in these first efforts . |
| 10 | His work was always informed by a strong historical sense , and he made distinguished contributions to the history of both logic and philosophy . |