Example sentences of "always [been] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had always been under the impression that home breeding was unsuccessful , until I read an account of a breeding success by a Mr. Werner Nowak of Montreal . |
| 2 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've always been of the opinion that opposition are there to be hated and abused . |
| 5 | He knows we have always been of the view that given the limited resources that the best cost effective use of those resources would be to merge the administration . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The 1988 social security changes have always been on the agenda of the project and with the abolition of additional requirements and single payments , new sources of support must be found for the core families . |
| 8 | And anyway , why would the Cathedral jackdaws suddenly break the habit of centuries and come to the south side when their haunt had always been on the north ? |
| 9 | As far as I knew he 'd always been on the level , and certainly there was no harm in his treating the Fraser girl after the shock she 'd presumably had . |
| 10 | Having always been on the periphery of Europe it has not hindered our successful trading in the past . |
| 11 | As far as I 've been told and remember , Dad 's always been on the boat , yeah . |
| 12 | Tealtaoich said , ‘ You have always been on the side of justice , Trees ; come with us and fight with us and for us , as you have done in the past . ’ |
| 13 | The poets had always been on the side of the people . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Family life has always been at the top of Gooch 's list of personal priorities . |
| 16 | Democracy with a strong social policy has always been at the heart of Mr Mitterrand 's thinking . |
| 17 | Although isotope studies have always been at the heart of the deep-mantle recycling hypothesis , previous analyses have focused on radiogenic isotope variations ( those that result from radioactive decay , such as the isotopic composition of Sr and Nd ) ; Woodhead et al . |
| 18 | When I was writing an essay on Bernard Shaw , I read in one biography that he had attended a Wesleyan school and had always been at the bottom of his form . |
| 19 | But , if women 's bodies have always been at the forefront of discussions about painting and sculpture , it was women 's bodies seen and portrayed by men that were dominant . |
| 20 | This union has always been at the forefront of health and safety issues within the many industries that we represent . |
| 21 | Pinto , who made a winning debut in Carpi , Portugal , in 1991 , and had led his club Benfica to the European Cup , had always been at the front among a big group early on . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | His view of Iran had almost always been from the sky . |
| 27 | The local district council , Vale of the White Horse , has always been against the reservoir : |
| 28 | My gut reaction has always been against the placing of bolts , and I 've never used them . |
| 29 | Only the United Kingdom economy performed as badly during the seventies and it has always been near the bottom of the league . |
| 30 | The most difficult requisite to produce was ‘ Conscience ’ for the struggles for political liberty had always been in the name of ‘ Rights ’ , and in this conflict , ‘ the other side of the civic relation naturally fell out of sight ’ . |