Example sentences of "[not/n't] always [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They portray the fact that , yes , they come into public consultation — yes the do , not always at the right time . |
| 2 | Since the onset in the late 1920s of severe economic difficulties in areas of coal-mining and heavy industry , there has been a progressive shift of employment opportunities towards the South , albeit not always at the same rate . |
| 3 | His mother and father say they know their son was a bit of a wheeler and dealer , and was not always on the right side of the law , but they say he did n't deserve to die in this way . |
| 4 | And it is better if you have something you are allowed to wake them up about as well , so that you are not always on the receiving end . |
| 5 | This new , technical use of ‘ myth ’ to mean , not a falsehood , but a truth indirectly expressed , has since become very common in theology — though not always with the same idea about what truth actually is as in Strauss . |
| 6 | The wartime Hallé ensemble and intonation are not always of the purest quality , and despite excellent remastering , the mono sound of Baxi 's Third Symphony was never exactly ingratiating , although an amazing amount of detail does register — not least the gleaming anvil stroke in the first movement . |
| 7 | Edvard Munch , whom many art historians would describe as one of the greatest print-makers of the century , fails to qualify as ‘ blue-chip ’ , despite occasional high prices at auction , because he often used poor quality paper and the impressions are not always of the best quality . |
| 8 | The men who come to the colonies from France are not always of the best quality . |
| 9 | In Catalonia , Aragon and Republican-held Andalusia , however , a new revolutionary order appeared in the process of creation , enthusiastically supported by the urban and rural working class if not always by the lower-middle class and landholding peasantry . |
| 10 | And er in some way or other you know , not always in the same position but I 'd always er had something to do with it . |
| 11 | In a free society , the regulation of such material is always problematic , with social mores shifting from generation to generation — and not always in the same direction . |
| 12 | The satirist , Saki , once observed that right and wrong , like the Russian Empire , had certain well-defined limits , albeit not always in the same place . |
| 13 | erm , it , the , i the , the er means of closing a window is not always in the same place . |