Example sentences of "have always been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those with oily or normal complexions may need to change the kind of face creams used and those whose skins have always been dry will need to take even more care and possibly change to a heavier cream . |
| 2 | First , historically the links between genetics and commercial concerns have always been close . |
| 3 | We could easily afford it , and you and Edith have always been close . |
| 4 | Fenella and I have always been close . |
| 5 | The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation . |
| 6 | I rise to support the motion moved in Mr name and I have always been opposed to fox hunting full stop . |
| 7 | Schools have always been involved in issues of resource management such as the allocation of capitation allowances . |
| 8 | Managers of the service , supported by watchdog body the Mid Essex Community Health Council , have always been keen any merger should involve another locally-based trusts . |
| 9 | ‘ Journalists have always been keen on the idea of a ‘ Punk Revival ’ and now that a few bands like the Buzzcocks , Sham 69 and X-Ray Spex are back together they 're having a field day . |
| 10 | He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’ |
| 11 | I have always been impressed with the quality of the precedents contained in the Encyclopaedia , which rarely let us down , despite the intricacies of the subject matter , and it comes as no surprise to me to find that so many firms seem to be basing their standard form agreements and leases on Forms 14 and 29 . |
| 12 | Michael Edwards , taking a paradoxical approach , has argued that the English have always been strong on literary theory , instancing a distinguished succession of poet-critics : Sidney , Dryden , Johnson , Wordsworth , Coleridge , Shelley , Arnold , Eliot . |
| 13 | Sydney and Brisbane have always been strong rugby cities but Perth 's astonishing ratings figures have delighted the ARFU . |
| 14 | Emotional , cultural ties between Iran and France have always been strong . |
| 15 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 16 | These qualities have always been present in the metaphors and similes of poetry but they have been less frequent in painting , which in the past was largely concerned with reproducing external reality , with decoration , or , as in the more advanced movements of recent years , with the composition of color and line into formal design . |
| 17 | No one knows whether river dolphins were once more abundant or whether their numbers have always been low because of their restrictive and specialised habitat . |
| 18 | However , yields have always been low because of the climate . |
| 19 | There have always been creepy-crawly stories , which are part of learning that life is not all teddy bears and roses . |
| 20 | Matt shades for lips and eyes have always been chic and even exotic , but difficult to apply . |
| 21 | I remember how , when I was a naughty boy as I usually was , there being no corporal punishment , I was led about on a bit of string by my Headmaster , and one day when I was being reprimanded I laughed in the Headmaster 's face — I have always been defiant to all who tried to control me . |
| 22 | The sexual and class inequalities in this form of retirement pension have always been substantial . |
| 23 | ‘ I have always been counter-cyclical , ’ says Moran , who made his first millions from aviation insurance in the late 1960s and backed the Boeing 747 when nobody else would . |
| 24 | Geomorphological and Quaternary studies of the glacial history of the Grampian Highlands have always been major research interests within Scottish universities . |
| 25 | point out , as the latter have always been proletarian , it is senseless to see them as being proletarianized . |
| 26 | The financial structures of housing finance have always been confusing — with heavy subsidies hidden in mortgage tax relief — and have become more so , with , for example , tax concessions promised for investment in rented housing through business expansion schemes . |
| 27 | ‘ There are- ’ Carolyn hesitated ’ — there have always been external dangers , anyway . |
| 28 | Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party . |
| 29 | Nottingham Graduates have always been proud of their association with the University and you will find a special welcome form them wherever you go and whatever you do in the future . |
| 30 | ‘ The focus of my own emotions , ’ said Ian , ‘ is not , as I think Julia 's is , my family , whom I have always been fortunate enough to be able to take for granted , but rather is it the Church , about which I 'm unduly passionate . |