Example sentences of "always on [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a difficult band to manage because they were always on the brink of breaking up . |
| 2 | The Project provides a focus and catalyst for a large and continuously growing network of working groups whose emphasis is always on the development of professionalism and improved practice . |
| 3 | Thus the ‘ mantle of the expert ’ is always on the edge of society 's rituals , myths , emblems , traditions , rejoicings and catastrophes . |
| 4 | These problems can be overcome , but where is the pleasure of fishkeeping in something which is always on the edge of disaster ? |
| 5 | The mordant prophecy of Sisobyk the Scryer and the many ‘ openings ’ of Zilpah give the novel , always on the edge of domination by a single voice , a welcome variousness . |
| 6 | The literary essay is a species always on the edge of extinction , and ( unlike most endangered species ) it is threatened most by the professionals in the field . |
| 7 | Always on the edge of things . |
| 8 | Within this group are the ‘ problem families ’ , always on the edge of pauperism and crime , riddled with mental and physical defects , in and out of the Courts for child neglect , a menace to the community of which the gravity is out of all proportion to their numbers . |
| 9 | They were always on the subject of war anyway . |
| 10 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 11 | Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here . |
| 12 | ALWAYS on the trail of new and exciting ideas , or at least variations on the oldest ones , Amnesty Fundraising Department is proud to announce the launch of Amnesty 's Walk For Life . |
| 13 | Taciturn , precise , a perfectionist engineer , with little skill in a boardroom , Bentley was , by his own account , unresponsive and over-sensitive to criticism , dependent always on the riches of others whom he could not control . |
| 14 | Just that panicky fear , always on the verge of turning into hatred until we shamefacedly choke it back ? |
| 15 | The USSR 's legacy of vulnerability has left an indelible mark ; even in the new found era of military boldness and ‘ operational confidence ’ , adversaries are always on the verge of undoing previous gains , military planners face ‘ harrowing choices and uncertainties ’ . |
| 16 | Another occasion which demonstrated Winston 's indifference to the dictates of authority or public opinion was when I was approached by a picaresque character called John Shaheen , an American oil magnate who spent his life getting in and out of the most complicated financial transactions , seemingly always on the verge of ruin but nevertheless contriving to remain sufficiently solvent to undertake his next massive adventure . |
| 17 | I feel I 'm cracking up , always on the verge of tears , but I ca n't let her down . |
| 18 | Seemingly always on the verge of promotion to the Cabinet he has a high profile at Westminster and is known for attracting a lot of publicity . |
| 19 | The insistence on history as a totality , necessary if historical materialism is to justify itself as true , left Marxism with a fragile category that from the very first was always on the point of breaking apart . |
| 20 | It is more appropriate to accept the view of D. P. Walker that magic was always on the point of turning into art , science , practical psychology , or , above all , religion . |
| 21 | He was man who was always on the point of launching some immense enterprise , a few of which indeed came off while others ended disastrously . |
| 22 | And it says that wherever we see a firing squad , we are always on the side of the man tied to the post . |
| 23 | In any case , one must be aware of assuming that the angels are always on the side of innovation . |
| 24 | " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client . |
| 25 | The result is an expensive machine : fine for the military , but always on the borderline of profitability . |
| 26 | But however nationalization was always on the minds of the railwaymen . |
| 27 | From the corner where she squatted on a stool , she watched Midnight quietly serving the six people sitting at the long table ; n the centre of the room and , in spite of her hunger , was impressed by the careful , unobtrusive way he worked — standing always on the left of each person , never knocking against them or even brushing the backs of their tall chairs . |
| 28 | Not only in Victoria and Quebec , but in South Africa and in every American state liability has been established in negligence for the consequences of pre-natal injury — though not always on the basis of the same reasoning or principle . |