Example sentences of "always [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We were always assigned a prescribed pattern to follow after take-off . |
| 2 | Leg ulcers have always formed a large part of district nurses ' ( DNs ) caseloads . |
| 3 | As the Lord President will be aware , visitors to Wales are always given a warm welcome and a nice cup of tea , but coachloads of my constituents visiting the Houses of Parliament are cold-shouldered and can not obtain refreshments anywhere . |
| 4 | Fabrics are not always given a particular name but are often referred to just by the fibre content , e.g. , cotton or polyester print . |
| 5 | The British Council abroad is bent on getting everything connected with British education and culture under its tyrannical control , and outsiders like myself who found their own positions without passing through the old-boy network and the rigid screening system of the Council were always given a hard time . |
| 6 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 7 | A generous gesture always provoked a generous response in Modigliani , it was a point of honour . |
| 8 | Magdalen , which had been Oscar Wilde 's college , always attracted a fair number of rarefied and aesthetic young men , and it was on to the path of this tradition that one of Lewis 's first pupils , John Betjeman , happily placed his bedroom-slippered toe . |
| 9 | The European Business Studies degree prepares students for the European fields of business activity , and has always attracted a high calibre of student with language skills and an urge to do business in the varied market places of Europe . |
| 10 | Over the years , at first in our second XI games and later in Championship clashes between Middlesex and Essex , I had always enjoyed a fair degree of success bowling to him . |
| 11 | Of the other two operatives making up the team , she had always enjoyed a special rapport with the phlegmatic C. W. Whitlock . |
| 12 | Mrs Chalker , whose seat was always considered a possible casualty , lost her majority to Labour with a loss of 1,819 votes . |
| 13 | In Celtic countries it was always considered a good omen if one of these cats decided to settle in the home . |
| 14 | Always considered a soft touch for your face , these products have currently been coming in for more scrutiny . |
| 15 | The passenger has always come a poor second to the operational integrity of the system . |
| 16 | ‘ I have always felt a strange affinity for that one . ’ |
| 17 | We have always operated a non-racial policy here . |
| 18 | She reckons the real reason the Japanese are so successful is that they have always incorporated a spiritual approach in business . |
| 19 | Mrs Sweeting said her daughter , a receptionist at County Hall , in Chelmsford , has never complained about her illness and always adopted a positive approach to life . |
| 20 | In his own words , the head had " always made a substantial allocation of money from capitation to the library in addition to that which was designated " library " " , but he felt that this designated sum was " never sufficient " . |
| 21 | Mum always made a long list of groceries she needed but some days she bought even more things because there was so much to choose from . |
| 22 | The humanitarian side of the Enlightenment , the emphasis it laid on making the ordinary man happier through religious toleration , economic progress and education , always made a genuine appeal to him . |
| 23 | Father always made a huge fuss of them . |
| 24 | Both teams 's lack of scoring power always threatened a goalless draw and there was little to suggest the deadlock would be broken for most of the match . |
| 25 | When challenged on this point , employers always produced a unanimous chorus to the effect that this was what women wanted , because they would not stay long in the trade before they married . |
| 26 | This transformation was repeated several times and always produced a wild type phenotype . |
| 27 | Kathleen had always needed a firm voice . |
| 28 | It is extremely unlikely that it would have done so because everyone at the ports authority had always envisaged a 24-hour operation . |
| 29 | Animal trainers have always used a coaxing method . |
| 30 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |