Example sentences of "always [be] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very dependent on defence , and I know some delegates here work in our local defence industries , or in the dockyard , always been attached to defence and vulnerable now because of defence cuts . |
| 2 | Whereas the support the farmers received right , has always been coupled to production , so the more they produce , the more support they get , the higher , the higher their incomes . |
| 3 | Laura had often wondered whether their union had always been doomed to failure … whether her deep unhappiness at the sudden death of her mother , and her father 's disastrous illness , had merely accelerated the inevitable swift decline and end to her marriage . |
| 4 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 5 | She knew she was handling this badly , acting like a fool , making a scene because she could n't face the pretence , could n't face having to stifle her feelings , her crazy and immature hopes — hopes that would always be doomed to failure where a man like Luke Denner was concerned . |
| 6 | As you probably read in the quality press , FIMBRA are always being taken to task for er not spotting investment groups that have gone too far , er and er when you get the collapse of something like the Levitt group erm which you 'll be aware of perhaps was the er sort of boxing and impresario type route that was taken by the man in the dicky bow . |
| 7 | Thus , patients were not always being admitted to hospital and , when admitted , had not always been referred to a psychiatrist . |