Example sentences of "[adv] always [adj] to find " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lewis himself was speaking , it was not always easy to find a tame atheist who was prepared to come along and be mauled in public debate ; for on these occasions he reverted to type and became again the P'daytabird prosecuting an unlikely prisoner in the Belfast police courts . |
| 2 | It 's a good idea , for example , to plant strawberry runners this month , although it 's not always easy to find runners with good strong roots . |
| 3 | Again , admittedly , this is not always easy to find . |
| 4 | Initially the examiner , who has read a file detailing the main points of the complaint , but inevitably does not have the full story ( hence the reason for the enquiry ) , turns up unannounced at the company 's premises ( which are not always easy to find ) and has to get past well-meaning but defensive receptionists and secretaries without revealing the purpose of the visit . |
| 5 | Such lists are not always easy to find , as is described by Newby ( 1977 ) when he tried to devise a sampling frame of farms in a certain area . |
| 6 | It is not always easy to find the old , late nineteenth — or early twentieth-century Biarritz amongst the new . |
| 7 | It 's not always easy to find compatible crews , so on selected departure dates ( we add extra dates if there 's demand ) couples or singles ( not threes ) may book to share a Moody 31 or Oceanis 320 with five aboard , or a 28ft yacht with four abroad . |
| 8 | It 's not always easy to find a compatible crew , so on some dates couples or singles ( not threes , it 's unfair on the odd one out ) may book ‘ Share-a-Yacht ’ . |
| 9 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 10 | The answer , of course , is to drill a hole , but it is not always possible to find a drill to suit the nails you are using . |
| 11 | In science it is not always possible to find one theory which accounts for and describes every aspect of an event . |
| 12 | It is not always possible to find a suitable theta-solvent for a polymer and methods have been developed which allow unperturbed dimensions to be estimated in non-ideal ( good ) solvents . |
| 13 | It is almost always possible to find out the answers to basic questions about pay and conditions prior to the interview . |