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

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1 It needs to be granted , certainly , that in speaking of a thing 's properties one is not always speaking of individual properties , and that the proponents of more traditional solutions to the problem of universals , unsuccessful though they have been in their own proposals , have made trouble for the solution in terms of individual properties .
2 Additional hurdles are that company filing requirements are not always complied with and powers to enforce such requirements do not always exist in national law .
3 However , requests for admission are not always supported by adequate information , which makes it difficult to assess whether admission is appropriate ( Bastiaansen , 1976 ; Schelvis , 1977 ; Knorth , 1987 ) .
4 Certainly there is evidence that their distribution is very patchy and not always related to known housing need ( figure 5.5 ) .
5 This is because of the many other commitments of R&D , a fact not always grasped by top management .
6 The demand is not always expressed in consistent terms .
7 We do not always go on sporting activities , we also went to the theatre to see , ‘ A Midsummer Nights Dream , ’ by William Shakespeare .
8 Accompanied by an excellent dry Franconian wine , it was a delight to eat and very clever in its balance of colour , flavour and texture , something I do not always associate with German cuisine .
9 This is a field in which speculation and clearly attested fact are not always kept in distinct compartments .
10 The act of dispensing with them has not always met with common assent nor has it always been smooth — the English historical landscape is scattered with periods of violence and upheaval — but once the dispensing process is achieved , it has largely been accepted .
11 Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s .
12 I have been told by many other breeders that they have experienced a similar thing in their own kennels and so we can assume that the pecking order is not always maintained through physical strength .
13 The frequent remark that ‘ it was all so much simpler under communism ’ is not always said with total irony .
14 Much of the information has come from surviving aces and their families , giving an immediacy to the stories not always found in other books .
15 Recruitment is not always effected by mass-acting pheromones .
16 The ideological nature of social contracts means that they need not always correspond to individual self-interest .
17 This gives the spelling of words not always included in other dictionaries , e.g. kidnapped .
18 Car thefts are not always committed by determined professionals , most cars are stolen by casual thieves who take advantage of an easy opportunity .
19 The pride in the job which has often been regarded as the hallmark of the rural worker was therefore not always derived from sheer altruism .
20 It should perhaps be noted , however , that the advantage for phonological coding is not always shown by good readers .
21 But while corporately the bank has adopted a positive approach , Mosson admits this is not always reflected in individual behaviour .
22 To be sure , the latter did not always approve of royal actions , for even the most pious rulers occasionally transgressed .
23 To you these might not always seem like severe difficulties , but for young people problems like these can loom large .
24 They were not always welcomed by working-class mothers , who resented what they saw as intrusion into their lives and the sometimes patronizing advice on childcare from women who were often childless and who certainly had no experience of the difficulties of rearing children in poverty and in the inescapable dirt of poor homes with inadequate water supplies .
25 Chemistry that works in cold climates does not always work in hot climates .
26 Yet aposematic coloration has not always evolved among kin-grouped prey and we need to identify the variables that are of evolutionary importance .
27 Commercial battles are not always won on technical merit , and at present X Windows is probably winning .
28 ‘ I thought I 'd better prove that I do n't always forget about normal times for refreshing the inner man , ’ he drawled , but there was such a twinkle in his eyes , so much charm in his manner , that Fabia felt quite overcome by it .
29 In general , P-traps and S-traps are the best type to fit ; bottle traps , although compact and neat , ca n't always cope with large water flows and block more easily .
30 Talent does n't always come in huge packages — remember Mark Todd 's brilliant event horse Charisma , who was only 15.3hh ?
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