Example sentences of "have always been [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Although the main emphasis in Jewish eschatology has always been on the fate of the nation , the doctrine of personal immortality ( which originated with Zarathustra 's passionate belief in the justice of God ) seems to have been adopted by the Jews during or after their Babylonian exile .
2 Val Smith , 35 , who worked for the company for 19 years before she was sacked , said : ‘ Closure has always been on the cards .
3 Democracy with a strong social policy has always been at the heart of Mr Mitterrand 's thinking .
4 Family life has always been at the top of Gooch 's list of personal priorities .
5 The gap in the ESP market has always been at the lower end , and a number of other publishers are catering for this .
6 However , recreational provision in the field of art and design education is exceptional in that it normally caters for some 80,000 students , many times more than those on courses leading to qualifications , and has always been at the centre of adult education .
7 This union has always been at the forefront of health and safety issues within the many industries that we represent .
8 Across the history of policing their need has always been for the light of research to illuminate the activities of the underprivileged and the powerless , rather than focus upon the élite themselves !
9 My own preference has always been for the rough-coated variety since these can withstand weather and rough going very much better .
10 Because the Directive is based on Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty of Rome , MAFF has always been of the opinion that environmental measures can not be aided financially , since these two Articles relate solely to agricultural policy .
11 It has always been to the Society 's credit that preservation work undertaken on its Merlin engines has involved every nut , bolt and washer being removed , cleaned , treated and replaced so that when rebuilt the engine should stand every chance of lasting for many future generations .
12 It should not be assumed , however , that when religious beliefs have functioned as primitive science , it has always been to the detriment of further inquiry .
13 From start to finish quality control has always been to the fore at Guinness Dublin where the company has had its own laboratories for over a century .
14 To all this is added ( and it must be emphasised that Catholicism has always been in the ascendancy ) , a healthy input from the Jewish fraternity whose civic and educational emphasis greatly increases the town 's well-being , albeit from a proportionately tiny community .
15 ‘ The Port of Larne has always been in the forefront of development and modernisation .
16 The house has always been in the possession of the owner 's family .
17 St Patrick 's Church in William Street , consecrated on 17 March 1835 , has always been in the parish of St John 's , Drumcree .
18 A well cared for example of this evergreen Frers design , benefiting from regular refits and upgrades , ‘ Chastanet ’ is comprehensively equipped for warm weather cruising and has always been in the running on the race course .
19 The few reported cases that have come to autopsy have generally shown bilateral cerebral lesions but the right sided damage has always been in the region of the occipito-temporal junction whereas the lesions on the left have not been uniformly located ( Benson , Segarra and Albert , 1974 ; Meadows , 1974 ; Whiteley and Warrington , 1977 ) .
20 It was also clear that the first of a number of PostScript clones , the language definition has always been in the public domain , were beginning to come to the market .
21 The definition of the PostScript language has always been in the public domain and Adobe always anticipated that other companies would produce versions of it .
22 This stuffed bird has always been in the room .
23 This stuffed bird has always been in the room .
24 This stuffed bird has always been in the room .
25 This stuffed bird has always been in the room . ’
26 The strength of this Division has always been in the determination and ability of the people working within it .
27 ‘ It has always been in the family and we know that James Springhall lived in Cargo Fleet Road , but other than that I 'm afraid we do n't know a great deal about him , or his life in Australia . ’
28 Only the United Kingdom economy performed as badly during the seventies and it has always been near the bottom of the league .
29 I think it 's difficult to say that , but erm we feel that the British protection was very important for the erm sovereignty , for maintaining the external sovereignty of Kuwait , but our internal affairs has always been within the Kuwaiti community .
30 My gut reaction has always been against the placing of bolts , and I 've never used them .
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