Example sentences of "always [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The variety of religious motivations was not always conducive to harmony among philanthropists . |
| 2 | The cut and thrust of debate and the pressures of executive responsibility , the essential features of open and responsible government , are not always conducive to a clear and unbiased explanation of the meaning of statutory language . |
| 3 | But you 've got to ask yourself what would happen if they got some tremendous tycoon always used to getting his own way , such as the chairman of some football club . |
| 4 | Always used to receiving admiring glances from men , Laura had n't known whether to be pleased or not when the doctor had completely ignored her — clearly having eyes only for Julie . |
| 5 | No I was always used to it , I was brought up with it , you see . |
| 6 | Music publishing companies are always alert to the possibility of signing new songwriting talent . |
| 7 | Customs officers routinely use X-ray equipment to run checks for hidden packages , and are always alert to possible drugs trafficking from the Indian sub-continent and elsewhere . |
| 8 | While a man should never consciously prepare for violence , the latter is always preferable to cowardice or emasculation . |
| 9 | All we can say is that logical , easily perceptible solutions are always preferable to enigmatic ones , which may have forms so difficult to perceive that to the listener they seem formless . |
| 10 | He and his children were always grateful to ‘ Nat ’ ( whose successor as Principal was Dr Marsh ) for many kindnesses over the years . |
| 11 | He and his children were always grateful to ‘ Nat ’ ( whose successor as Principal was Dr Marsh ) for many kindnesses over the years . |
| 12 | As I 've said , I was always grateful to Verdi . |
| 13 | Gradually I drifted apart from Beth and Ida , but I am always grateful to them because they also introduced me to the other great interest in their lives — ballet . |
| 14 | She had lived too long for random encounters to bother her and she was always grateful to the Holy Spirit when He sent something unusual to stir the convent to life . |
| 15 | Geordies and tykes have never got on particularly well — they are always friendly to one another , but they are distinct groups . |
| 16 | Evidently , the current or potential difference applied to the direct measuring system is always right to left in the figure , the alternating input being full-wave rectified by the arrangement of diodes . |
| 17 | I was wary of him though he was always pleasant to me . |
| 18 | Turner , always alive to new ideas , responded creatively to both Harris and Goethe . |
| 19 | The Company was always alive to the traffic potential of sporting and other events , not only at the Crystal Palace and as well as running extra cars on Saturday afternoons between the ‘ Pawleyne Arms ’ Penge and Selhurst for football traffic , all spare cars available from both depôts were pressed into service between West Croydon and ‘ Cold Blows ’ , Mitcham Common , when Mitcham Fair took place each year . |
| 20 | The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop . |
| 21 | It is always possible to be kinder to the earth , but it is not saving clumps of trees from the bulldozers which will matter in the next century . |
| 22 | Now it is not always possible to be so absolutely in control of food intake that the slim person can guarantee each meal will be a low fat , low sugar , and fairly low-calorie affair . |
| 23 | It is always possible to ‘ compartmentalize ’ one 's life ; to separate religion and work and politics so that different criteria are used for decision-making in each compartment . |
| 24 | He had to translate early botanical , English , Scots and Gaelic names into their modern botanical equivalents , although it was not always possible to be precise . |
| 25 | It is not always possible to be consistent about separating the two activities . |
| 26 | Given that groups produce public goods , it is always possible to ‘ free-ride ’ , taking the benefits of group activity without incurring the costs of joining . |
| 27 | ‘ Then again , a good archaeologist is always receptive to alternative interpretations . ’ |
| 28 | She was always receptive to new ideas , and more importantly she also ‘ scattered them broadcast ’ . |
| 29 | It is almost always due to bruising of the urethra during sexual intercourse , and only occasionally linked with bacterial infection . |
| 30 | This is a rare form of PVD , and is virtually always due to heavy cigarette smoking [ 8 ] . |