Example sentences of "[verb] not always [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these conflicting interests emerged representation that did not always reflect the majority interest . |
| 2 | Yet if his ideas and perceptions did not always reach the page , they undoubtedly entered the minds and imaginations of the many lucky enough to converse with him . |
| 3 | The visitors ' committee did not always support the workhouse master . |
| 4 | The manner of a bishop 's election could itself affect the whole of his ensuing episcopate , if factions became too firmly entrenched ; peace did not always follow the elevation of the successful candidate . |
| 5 | Garrick joined , and Adam Smith , thereby ensuring that Johnson did not always have the discourse his own way . |
| 6 | Visitors to the resorts on the Dalmatian coast do not always realise the poverty and backwardness which lie over the mountains only a few kilometres away from the bright lights of Split , Zadar and Šibenik . |
| 7 | People do not always observe the principle , of course , but where a speaker flouts it , the hearer will suspect she has a reason . |
| 8 | If there are structural weaknesses in the German constitution and German political life , they perhaps lie halfway between these two remarks , namely that there is an excessive domination of the parties in the political process who fail to bring political discussion sufficiently into the open and consequently do not always offer the electorate a real choice . |
| 9 | do not always give the job to the best of a bad bunch , but investigate where the recruiting methods and job specification may have gone wrong and start again ; |
| 10 | Be warned ; legal cases do not always go the householder 's way , so put away the shotgun and do not get angry when people drop litter on your front lawn . |
| 11 | Ultimately , this responsibility must rest with the electorate , but they do not always receive the information necessary to make judgements . |
| 12 | Modern pressures have ensured that today 's youngsters have far too much to say for themselves and do not always display the respect for their elders which they should . |
| 13 | They mean that slum clearances still lack completion ; that low standards of living still persist , and that the lessons taught in the school and clinic , and good social habits , do not always survive the pressure of bad home circumstances when young people have passed from supervision . |
| 14 | The professionals concerned do not always ask the carer if she is willing to cope , because they are afraid that she will refuse . |
| 15 | Recreational players often play in less than ideal conditions and do not always have the time or money available to spend on their rackets . |
| 16 | Languages which have a category of voice do not always use the passive with the same frequency . |
| 17 | The bare infinitive , in contrast , represents its event as an object of co-operation between the helper and the helpee : even though this close co-operation does not always involve the helper actually doing part of the helpee 's activity for him it seems to imply a view of the helper as instrumental in the realization of the infinitive 's event . |
| 18 | This is a good system for some educational purposes — for example the provision of inserts to lectures — but it does not always give the user the control of the machine which makes video such an effective tool in language teaching . |
| 19 | A new rubber ‘ O ’ ring does not always cure the leak . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , our modern philosophy of art does not always recognise the dependence of art on this balance between tradition and change . |
| 21 | There was no question of Lewis abandoning the Moores , but the body does not always believe the evidence of its senses ; and from this time onwards Minto ( as Lewis had begun to call Janie , after a variety of sweet to which she was devoted ) began to develop a series of psychosomatic conditions which strengthened the ties binding him to her side . |
| 22 | The zeal does not always survive the pedestrian management structures of local government , and perhaps it takes a more than ordinary enthusiasm to persist after the efforts of economizing councillors under pressure to do something about the rates . |
| 23 | The head does not always have the time to ponder the price of those personal and professional adjustments which have to be made in the regular course of management . |
| 24 | Their job does not always receive the recognition which it deserves . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm known as a bit of a rebel and someone who does not always follow the party line , ’ he adds . |
| 26 | It is a fact of human personality that the argument which is supported by the greater weight of evidence does not always win the day ; people do not like to be proved wrong . |
| 27 | The emergence of a new concept does not always indicate the formulation of a new idea . |