Example sentences of "[not/n't] always [adj] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always easy to describe a technique , even when it is really easy to do . |
| 2 | There are dozens of ways you can fire the shutter , which is pressure sensitive to the finger in normal application ; but it is not always easy to arrange a mechanical device to operate at distance . |
| 3 | It 's not always easy to get a compatible mixture of fish and plants which are geographically sound . |
| 4 | Though earlier I criticised Dale Spender for confusing two different things , in fact it is not always easy to make a clear-cut distinction between sexism in language and sexism projected on to language by systems of linguistic analysis . |
| 5 | When Lewis himself was speaking , it was not always easy to find a tame atheist who was prepared to come along and be mauled in public debate ; for on these occasions he reverted to type and became again the P'daytabird prosecuting an unlikely prisoner in the Belfast police courts . |
| 6 | It 's not always easy to find a compatible crew , so on some dates couples or singles ( not threes , it 's unfair on the odd one out ) may book ‘ Share-a-Yacht ’ . |
| 7 | As the brochure on the procedure in these cases explains it is not always possible to conclude a claim as quickly as you or I would like . |
| 8 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 9 | The answer , of course , is to drill a hole , but it is not always possible to find a drill to suit the nails you are using . |
| 10 | It is not always possible to find a suitable theta-solvent for a polymer and methods have been developed which allow unperturbed dimensions to be estimated in non-ideal ( good ) solvents . |
| 11 | It is not always possible to deliver a module just at the time a trainee needs it for the purposes of SVQ assessment . |
| 12 | Often as not fry have to be removed from their parents for any number of reasons and if a bare tank is used in which to grow them on , it is not always possible to have a suitable filter on hand to use in an emergency . |
| 13 | It 's not always possible to have a mother and a father . |
| 14 | When using an oval frame it is not always necessary to use a mount , and an oval shape can suggest several attractive designs . |
| 15 | However , several cases have determined that it is not always necessary to give a Ghosh direction . |
| 16 | It is not always necessary to plug a gap or fill every pause with music and there are points at which silence has significance . |
| 17 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 18 | It is n't always easy to lead a reminiscence group , and sometimes it needs a skilled leader . |
| 19 | Because every single aspect of this technology seems to involve genuine promise as well as queasy threat , it is n't always helpful to have a knee-jerk emotional reaction . |