Example sentences of "not always [noun] " in BNC.

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1 During his final years he extensively revised , rewrote and rearranged his poems , especially The Prelude , and although the changes he made are not always improvements , they add up to the formation of the definitive text of the poems , so that many lines and phrases which we think of as unmistakably Wordsworth date from these latter years .
2 Societies should always be aware when they are launched that life is not always sweetness and light when the pressure is on and constitutions should be framed so that disputes do arrive the framework for settlement already exists .
3 The result was not always music of good quality , but many worshippers were attracted by it and folk music made much headway , particularly in those parishes which had no working church musicians to compose for their own communities and resources .
4 Moreover , there were strong elements of continuity , especially with regard to the central organising significance of Christianity which from the early days of Christendom to the present has structured basic beliefs and formed the framework within which law and custom ( if not always behaviour ) have operated .
5 Mrs Burrows wrote warning her daughter that " women are not always kind to each other " .
6 One of my school reports , when I was about nine , said of my history attainment , ‘ Molly writes a good story which is not always history . ’
7 Supplicius of Amboise 's refusal to assist Fulk le Réchin in the field , because Fulk 's enemy was Thibaud of Blois to whom Supplicius had also paid homage , proved that the task was not always straightforward.i On the other hand , William the Conqueror was well supported against the royal invasions after 1051 .
8 When she fills up my glass with water — for there is not always wine — it is a protective and consoling gesture .
9 The reason for the decline is not always poverty ( which it often is for smaller farms or those in marginal areas ) but in the better areas is due to increasing agricultural efficiency , and even in the mid-1980s to agricultural surpluses ( see Chapter 9 ) .
10 About the other summit there is less agreement : it is not always Shakespeare .
11 But it is not always Catholics who insert In Memoriam notices in the paper .
12 The list of possible traits is very long and there is not always agreement on the most important trait .
13 You might get a bit of a mixture a few other birds not always sparrows .
14 " Not always roots , " replied Cowslip .
15 He did not always side with the city , though he did concern himself with urban and industrial problems .
16 But common sense tells us that the most important aspects of power are not always situations of observable conflict between visible , politically relevant actors ( first and second dimensions of power ) .
17 Unfortunately the remaining strings are not always words .
18 But did you know that not everyone celebrates Christmas at the same time and that it 's not always Father Christmas who delivers the presents ?
19 Nicandra looked forward to Sunday mornings when she had a soft-boiled egg for breakfast — on weekdays it was porridge and milk , take it or leave it , sometimes fried bread , the fat not always bacon .
20 ‘ It is n't always raspberry , ’ said Toby .
21 ‘ It is n't always summer , you know .
22 Glue-sniffers , who are n't always kids but sometimes grown men and women , are extremely dangerous when high , because they become immensely strong .
23 Yeah the only trouble is , you know , standard letters do n't always sort of
24 With her first baby , Faith tended to cook and purée fresh food but she admits there is n't always time to do this now .
25 ‘ There is n't always time , ’ Emmie said .
26 However , we do n't always practice what we preach .
27 So , the mines were n't always men 's work .
28 Once we 've had the disease — and there are n't always symptoms — we 're immune for life .
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