Example sentences of "not always [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not always malicious towards mankind , being known as ‘ kobold ’ or ‘ demons of the mines ’ in Germany , and ‘ coblyns ’ or KNOCKERS in Wales and south-western England , because of their habit of tapping on the shaft wall to identify the whereabouts of a rich lode of ore . |
| 2 | The variety of religious motivations was not always conducive to harmony among philanthropists . |
| 3 | Similarly , region of origin is not always co-extensive with ethnicity . |
| 4 | A second problem is that many bacteria living ‘ in the wild ’ are not always easy to culture in the laboratory . |
| 5 | The symptoms of over-contrast are not always easy to spot on the monochrome viewfinder picture , so it pays to be specially vigilant if the light is very bright . |
| 6 | Eating habits have changed under external influences , and it is not always easy for farming to adapt to such changes . |
| 7 | But merger is not always tantamount to takeover . |
| 8 | Slade LJ continued by pointing out that , although the breach of a positive covenant is not always capable of remedy : Nevertheless , I would , for my part , accept … submission that the breach of a positive covenant ( whether it be a continuing breach or a once and for all breach ) will ordinarily be capable of remedy … the concept of capability of remedy for the purpose of section 146 must surely be directed to the question whether the harm that has been done to the landlord by the relevant breach is for practicable purposes capable of being retrieved . |
| 9 | These conditions are not always apparent from field/core studies and illustrate the uses of the additional information obtainable from thin section petrography . |
| 10 | Recipes accepted as great and sacrosanct are not always compatible with sense . |
| 11 | Crest not always visible in field . |
| 12 | Problems are likely to occur if there are several " actors " in the story — if , that is , the story is about Tom , Dick and Harry , rather than just William , for then simple pronominalisation is not always possible without ambiguity . |
| 13 | While it is not always possible in practice to achieve this degree of balance , it is an ideal to keep in mind when shots containing a number of different visual elements are being set up . |
| 14 | Moreover , their pay is not always subject to tax and social insurance deductions . |
| 15 | However , his distressed natural fabrics are an eerily beautiful choice for the contemporary aesthete , proving that it 's not always necessary for fashion designers to be timelords too . |
| 16 | The best solution is to erect a permanent fruit cage , though this is not always practical for tree fruits . |
| 17 | The knock-on consequences of choice for one agenda are not always discernible in advance , nor are yesterday 's choices necessarily appropriate for to-morrow . |
| 18 | However , each case will depend on its particular circumstances , and equality monies are not always liable to ad valorem duty . |
| 19 | WHEN Stuart Surridge led Surrey to the County Championship in 1952 , his first season of captaincy , Wisden , in choosing him alongside Tom Graveney , Fred Trueman , David Sheppard and Harold Gimblett as a Cricketer of the year , captured his salient qualities in a sentence : ‘ Though not always free from criticism as regards tactics and the manner in which he handled the bowling , he brought to Surrey a spirit of consistent enterprise and aggression such as they had not known since the days of P. G. H. Fender 's captaincy 20-odd years previously . ’ |