Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] always [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 While the procedure was to some extent artificial and led to conclusions that did not always stand up to later study , it did at least mean that the different forms of early Christian teaching could now be admitted for discussion , and the possibility of real conflict between opposing views recognised as a natural and proper element in the development .
2 Although this did not always turn out to be quite what was expected , it was at least memorable .
3 If the results did not always work out in the way intended , the blame for the failings of the criminal justice system can not be attributed to any lack of zeal to legislate .
4 Those who promise great things do not always match up to their own or anyone else 's expectations !
5 Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life .
6 Such sites do not always show up at all well , because crops grow differently over old infilled ditches .
7 What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them .
8 Methods that are simple in principle are not to be scorned , though they do not always turn out to be simple in practice .
9 He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation .
10 They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez .
11 That I do n't always feel up to … the way I used to .
12 Quite frequently they refuse to fulfil the roles that others impose and they do n't always live up to expectations .
13 What one hears said by others does not always match up with our own experience , and we can no longer look round expecting to find clear-cut models of behaviour .
14 Of course , it does not always work out like that .
15 The trouble is , I 'm a member of the Dock workers ’ Union as well , and the Brotherhood does n't always fall in with what the Union recommends .
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