Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] always [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret Beckett , the other half of the Treasury team , is a stalwart of the press conference platform and the Labour politician most respected by the Conservatives , although she has not always inspired on the hustings . |
| 2 | Since 1979 , however , their record has not always conformed to this declared objective . |
| 3 | NME , for instance , has always included substantial coverage of black popular forms — soul , reggae , hip-hop — although this has not always met with their readers ' approval . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There is no bitterness from her concerning the fact that Monica Seles has taken over her number one ranking , only disappointment that the young Yugoslav has not always acted in the true interests of the game since . |
| 6 | Yet aposematic coloration has not always evolved among kin-grouped prey and we need to identify the variables that are of evolutionary importance . |
| 7 | He 's 17 , admits that in the past he has n't always remained on the right side of the law , but is now staying off the streets , with the help of the trax project . |
| 8 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 9 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 10 | Nonconformity 's dependence on laissez faire and , in the case of Methodism , on competition among five separate bodies , had not always worked for the best and there had been a lot of wasted effort . |
| 11 | Soviet interest in foreign technology therefore has not been a response to detente , but to perceptions of internal need , and increases in trade flows have not always coincided with greater political relaxation . |
| 12 | With the advances in information technology , answers to many questions could be delivered in minutes , not just on industrial issues , like how cold does it have to be before we stop work , or how heavy a load should I lift , but other questions not related to work that we have not always answered in the past . |
| 13 | In the difficult economic climate of the 1970s and 80s there have been more frequent cries from industry for assistance , which States have not always resisted in their desire to minimise the disruptive effects of economic change . |
| 14 | Within the overall Upward trend there have naturally been fluctuations and current and capital expenditure have not always behaved in the same manner . |
| 15 | In terms of the concessions made by the French , the treaty can be interpreted as a success for the English , although historians have not always agreed about this . |