Example sentences of "be [not/n't] always [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents moan at me because I am not always willing to go to work . |
| 2 | The Scottish system has some very distinctive features which are not always easy to explain to those whose first language is not English . |
| 3 | Most people in Hong Kong have two ambitions , which are not always easy to reconcile . |
| 4 | This highlights one of the perennial difficulties of ‘ fertile ’ mules ; mules and donkeys are not always easy to distinguish , and even some horses have long ears . |
| 5 | Initially the examiner , who has read a file detailing the main points of the complaint , but inevitably does not have the full story ( hence the reason for the enquiry ) , turns up unannounced at the company 's premises ( which are not always easy to find ) and has to get past well-meaning but defensive receptionists and secretaries without revealing the purpose of the visit . |
| 6 | Such lists are not always easy to find , as is described by Newby ( 1977 ) when he tried to devise a sampling frame of farms in a certain area . |
| 7 | Such breaks , which occur in deep mountain valleys more often than in lowland valleys , are not always easy to interpret , as similar forms may be caused by lithological differences or by glaciation . |
| 8 | Heads have been turned , and have begun to swim , amid the flow of invention , delivered in works which have been Englished in rapid succession and which are not always easy to tell apart . |
| 9 | Although the line between the theory-specific and the more generic surveys is a difficult one to draw , it is important as a reminder of the very important point that methods do have theoretical implications of a profound kind , even if these are not always easy to determine . |
| 10 | We should take a more substantial point , though as one grapples one 's way through the forest they are not always easy to identify . |
| 11 | Priorities are not always easy to ascertain , even when government objectives are relatively clear . |
| 12 | If the potential rewards are high it is worth pursuing , but knowing when to stop is not easy , and formalized methods of planning are not always easy to apply . |
| 13 | She says working as a shiatsu therapist is also risky because the treatment is expensive and people are not always willing to pay when money is short . |
| 14 | Chimney sweeps are few , and are not always willing to come so far out for a couple of chimneys . |
| 15 | The experience of the EC with member state aids to attract foreign direct investment should serve as a warning that EC rules are not always sufficient to prevent member states from taking unilateral steps to improve their national economies at the expense of others . |
| 16 | The existence of a variety of systematic teaching methods suggest a belief that teachers are not always able to evaluate teaching methods and materials appropriate to their pupils . |
| 17 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 18 | For example , there are today many fewer tuberculosis cases and far more mentally handicapped persons using the services than there were in the 1950s and this means new demands are placed on the staff that they are not always able to meet . |
| 19 | However , such concerns are beyond the scope of this article , and although we are not always able to separate out the different areas of linguistic interest in the characterisation of an individual in a dramatic text ( many individual character traits are receptive to a number of different linguistic approaches ) , the large number of insights into characterisation offered by discourse and pragmatic analysis indicates the large extent to which they may be used effectively by the student of dramatic texts . |
| 20 | The lukewarm reception among the public for the electronic telephone directory is but one example of how the French people are not always ready to react according to the government 's plans . |
| 21 | While these were not banned , they were not always easy to get , partly because state publishers had to use much of their manpower and paper ration churning out millions of volumes of turgid Party-approved prose and the works of Lenin . |
| 22 | But even the petty boroughs were not always easy to handle . |
| 23 | Any group of five hundred and thirty five people find it difficult to agree on a common purpose or a common decision and increasingly , in period of crisis , attention turned to the presidency and presidents were not always willing to supply the leadership er that er the country expected . |
| 24 | I have always enjoyed reading books but feel privileged to read these two books , simply because of the hardships suffered by Celie and Ponyboy in the quest for access to the world of books and knowledge , that because of their poverty they were not always able to afford . |
| 25 | American guitars were n't always easy to obtain . |
| 26 | However , in everyday life it is not always feasible to think of hiring someone . |
| 27 | Certainly it is not always correct to assume that older people are ‘ safe ’ in the hands of medical professionals . |
| 28 | However , several cases have determined that it is not always necessary to give a Ghosh direction . |
| 29 | When using an oval frame it is not always necessary to use a mount , and an oval shape can suggest several attractive designs . |
| 30 | It is not always necessary to create very detailed parse representations . |