Example sentences of "[adv] always a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profit and loss from war was not necessarily always a matter of individual enterprise . |
| 2 | However , one thing worth mentioning at this point is that the larger parts are not always a guarantee of an agent 's interest — quite often big roles will attract attention , but a student who has been very well cast in a smaller role may hit the mark just as effectively . |
| 3 | Even so , employee mobility is diminishing , worldwide , as people realise their loyalty to an employer is not always a guarantee of job security , and quality of life takes a higher focus for many . |
| 4 | Yet preparation is not always a case of in-depth research so much as systematically thinking through what may be faced in the real life negotiating position . |
| 5 | The fact that one has a clear conscience is not always a sign of right responses to the trials and temptations of life so much as an appropriate response to sin and guilt . |
| 6 | This picture is , however , a caricature of Roman Catholic teaching on the subject , although unfortunately not always a caricature of Catholic practice . |
| 7 | Consciousness is not always a patterning in words . |
| 8 | The non-satisfaction of my wants , needs etc. , therefore , is not always a violation of my autonomy . |
| 9 | And it is not always a matter of sleeping in a swank hotel nearby ; several investigating teams have , from time to time , had to share a tent on or near the accident site because of the remoteness of the crash . |
| 10 | Professor Parker shows that this is not always a matter of dispassionate assessment but may turn on whether the research is seen to be delivering ‘ good ’ news or ‘ bad ’ news . |
| 11 | Er , there are abuses in some and variations and er not always a desire by everyone to belong to it , but the odd man out is often like a bad apple in a barrel . |
| 12 | Plainly , there is not always a connection between farming and spelling ; indeed , many other documents can be identified where these subjects are not connected . |
| 13 | There were , however , important differences : there was always a king , or claimant king , of Macedon ; but there was not always a tagos of Thessaly ( their word for ruler over the four great districts or tetrarchies of Thessaly . ) . |
| 14 | But the sad experiences of thousands over the past three years show that home ownership is not always a path to happiness and contentment . |
| 15 | Saying Grace is not always a prelude to conventional manners in Free Kirk households as I once found when asked to offer the Grace in a cottage in Point , Lewis , in which the great aunt of a friend lived . |
| 16 | Low local taxes are not always a recipe for electoral success . |
| 17 | A man 's house or apartment was not always a refuge against such malevolent surprises , insults and arrests . |
| 18 | This has been defined as ‘ systematic and continuous abuse of an elderly person by the carer , often though not always a relative on whom the elderly person is dependent for care ’ ( Cloke , 1983 , p. 2 ) . |
| 19 | Snow , however , is not always a disadvantage to mountain goats . |
| 20 | The spread of disciplinary languages is a measure of their relative influence , but such epistemological imperialism is not always an index of their essential academic strength and status . |
| 21 | By making this distinction , Miliband sought to account for the fact that the state is not always an instrument of the ruling class , even though , in terms of ownership and control of the economy , a ruling class clearly existed . |
| 22 | It was as always a moment of terrible sorrow and because of the creaking conveyor cringing banality . |
| 23 | I suppose it 's a metaphor for life , because life is n't always a bed of roses , either . ’ |
| 24 | MORE and more women are turning to expensive cosmetic surgery to slow down the ageing clock — but as our pictures show , it is n't always a cut above less drastic beauty remedies . |
| 25 | But maturity is n't always a matter of years . |
| 26 | At the time of marriage there is almost always a sense of , " it could n't happen to us , " but once marital difficulty arises the consideration of divorce as a solution is of itself more easy . |
| 27 | It is almost always a lack of storage space , or the fact that the file is dynamic and so can not be loaded in a single operation , that prevents self-indexing , and not the time taken to carry out the calculations . |
| 28 | The presence of free ammonia or of protein material is almost always an indication of contamination of the water with sewage or trade effluents , such as gas liquor . |
| 29 | The government remains committed to Green Belt protection , conservation of agricultural land etc. but states that ‘ there is , therefore always a presumption in favour of allowing applications for development having regard to all material considerations , unless that development would cause demonstrable harm to interests of acknowledged importance ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ IT IS aesthetically always a matter of satisfaction when a notable house finds an occupant worthy of its quality , ’ wrote Christopher Hussey of ‘ this outstanding example of rustic baroque ’ and its owner , Cecil Beaton . |