Example sentences of "not always be [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precise number of evening papers has not always been easy to fix , since some of those with distinct names ( such as the Evening Mail of Sandwell and Dudley in the late 1970s ) were in fact local versions of a ‘ series ’ title ( in this case , the Birmingham Mail ) . |
| 2 | Now it has not always been easy to warm to England 's rugby followers , whose customary note is somewhere between a bray and a bellow . |
| 3 | They have not always been sufficiently quick to follow up when there has been evidence that a site has been tampered with , and certainly they have not always been keen to organise rescue excavations to investigate these sites . |
| 4 | In spite of the considerable popularity of Tough 's framework , she has not subjected the specific strategies to a rigorous examination of reliability and , when other researchers have attempted to replicate her work , they have not always been able to demonstrate good agreement between different observers ( Wells 1979 ) . |
| 5 | Millions of parts and supplies must be got to the right place at the right time , which is something American military forces have not always been able to do . |
| 6 | As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency . |
| 7 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 8 | ‘ Even though other bidders have reportedly put in lower bids I have pointed out to Hong Kong ministers that in the past some of those have not always been able to complete the job , ’ said Mr Lilley . |
| 9 | As the available range of leisure activities expanded such people were less interested in the convivial aspects of Friendly Society membership and more concerned with safe insurance , which Friendly Societies had not always been able to guarantee . |
| 10 | In addition , the Namibian media have not always been prepared to accord members of the public and government officials the right of reply and the rectification of inaccurate or deliberately distorted stories . |
| 11 | In addition , the Namibian media have not always been prepared to accord members of the public and government officials the right of reply and the rectification of inaccurate or deliberately distorted stories . |
| 12 | Oddly enough , I think her main troubles come rather more from not being English and not always being able to place people . ’ |
| 13 | For if God could have made the world work in any number of ways , would it not always be presumptuous to pretend that one had actually pinned Him down ? |
| 14 | It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations as written in the accident report , but that is not an acceptable reason for merely discarding them . |
| 15 | It may not always be possible to do this when a student writes an apparently nonsensical answer ; and you should try to find out if this is because the student has not studied the subject matter of the test sufficiently , or whether the lesson notes have not explained the subject adequately to the particular student . |
| 16 | It will not always be possible to classify all the errors . |
| 17 | One problem highlighted in figure 4.2 is that it may not always be possible to allocate all of the costs meaningfully to a category . |
| 18 | It will not always be possible to decide a priori whether any new arousal manipulation in a different setting should operate on the lower or upper portion of the curve . |
| 19 | As with SPRs it may not always be possible to enter a complete description of the report into LIFESPAN although it is advisable . |
| 20 | As with SPRs , it may not always be possible to enter a complete description of the report into LIFESPAN , although it is advisable . |
| 21 | This general rule holds good except in the case of degrees including English , and of the joint degrees in modern languages and business studies , where particularly heavy pressure on places means that it may not always be possible to make offers even to applicants who possess grades above the minimum . |
| 22 | It might not always be possible to trace the superior or the agent concerned . |
| 23 | Whilst this provision would be an improvement on the present law , threats may not always be easy to establish . |
| 24 | At the local level it may not always be easy to equate a framework of locally agreed targets with the specific levels of achievement nationally . |
| 25 | It should not always be necessary to stick to the traditional layout of interviewer behind a desk and candidate in a chair immediately in front , as if about to undergo an interrogation . |
| 26 | In fact , it may not always be correct to regard such effects as ‘ dissonances ’ at all . |
| 27 | Mr Fowler conceded that a union might not always be able to do this but it would have to show that it had used its best endeavours . |
| 28 | Encourage him/her to correct you , even though he/she may not always be able to explain to you what you are doing wrong . |
| 29 | Although organisations recognise that employees may not always be able to refit old carpets or curtains in the new property , policies do often include a statement to the effect that staff should make every effort to adapt their existing possessions rather than buy afresh . |
| 30 | This is true to an extent , but many individuals either can not run a car or will not always be able to run one . |