Example sentences of "have always been [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 2 | The essence of Sunday trading legislation has always been to protect shop workers , who traditionally have always been abused . |
| 3 | Since obtaining its identity as No 412 ( Transport ) Squadron at Rockcliffe on 1 Apr 49 , the principal role of the squadron has always been to provide transportation for high level military and government personnel . |
| 4 | The primary aim of the Youth Training Programme has always been to provide training with a strong emphasis on the application of skills . |
| 5 | Erm the policy panel that erm looked at this erm a week before Christmas was erm I hate to disagree with you with Peter we are not exactly unanimous in this views on terminal five and this is reflected in the erm , the Liberal Democrat resolution erm , past policy of this Council has always been to favour expansion at Heathrow rather than of Stansted and we are being asked today to confirm this stance at the forthcoming enquiry and well we 're not faced with an either or situation . |
| 6 | The point of the alternative foreign policy had always been to prevent war , not to prepare for it . |