Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] always [vb infin] to " in BNC.

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1 He quotes examples , such as Ley Rock , near Tintagel , and Bonsall Leys , high up on the Derbyshire moors , to demonstrate that the word did not always refer to pasture .
2 Even those who believed that poverty was largely self-inflicted did not always adhere to policies strictly consistent with this view .
3 The feeling of structural security about flying in strutted and braced aircraft was very comforting but unfortunately did not always extend to the engines with which they were fitted .
4 But the same level of tolerance did not always extend to her staff , who may have fallen short of her high standards or overstepped the bounds of power .
5 The columns displaying prices of licensed dealers ' stocks in the national newspapers did not always appear to be the paid advertising they actually were .
6 A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone .
7 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 .
8 The arrival of a railway in a town did not always lead to expansion .
9 The lower entrance qualifications held by mature students ( on average 2 points lower ) did not always lead to poorer degree results .
10 A public relations executive , Subba Row was a skilful diplomat accustomed to getting his own way and his methods did not always appeal to some of the county clubs or to the elder statesmen of MCC .
11 Although ‘ change ’ perhaps suggests dynamism and enthusiasm — in keeping with a successful Club — the energy did not always stretch to the players on the course , for here complaints of slow play were regularly made , doubtless aggravated by televised golf tournaments in which players spent many minutes lining up putts .
12 As is well known , Dick Crossman , who did not always conform to the rules , had maintained a most complete — if not invariably accurate — account of the Cabinet meetings that he attended and the discussions with his colleagues .
13 The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved .
14 However , such metrics do not always appear to be natural .
15 Many decisions about how to display the data have to be standardized within a package , and they do not always lead to sensible or pretty results .
16 But it is clearly unsatisfactory because illnesses do not always lead to mortality , particularly during childhood and adult life .
17 The structures of related polyamides do not always lead to this neat arrangement of intermolecular bond formation ; for example the geometry of an extended nylon-7,7 chain allows the formation of only every second possible hydrogen bond when the chains are aligned and fully extended .
18 Dealers do not always move to UK companies .
19 We 've also remembered again the sometimes potent hurts of time gone by , realising that the passing years do not always lay to rest the stretched emotional reactions which those experiences once forced upon us .
20 Bream do not always conform to this pattern .
21 Instead we have a different speculation : since learners do not always conform to the natural order ( the argument goes ) , there must be an unnatural order disrupting it .
22 Some of them do not always stick to the regulations as we should like .
23 You find that you do not always keep to your goals .
24 Bereaved people do not always need to be ‘ done unto ’ .
25 It is necessary to stress that elderly people facing loss do not always have to be overwhelmed by their circumstances , with very little chance of preserving their dignity or sense of self-worth .
26 A pig-headed brute who could jump himself out of anything , like a cat , but did n't always choose to , and did n't always take me with him .
27 It was the style he seemed to prefer though he did n't always stick to it .
28 Even when the new models were being produced they did n't always get to the dealers : a dispute at Toleman , which distributes Fords , caused vast stockpiles .
29 Peter Rogers knew he had hit a gold mine , even if it did n't always seem to the performers that he was totally on their side .
30 ‘ People do n't always want to be serious at lunchtime .
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