Example sentences of "not always [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dauntless Javelot was no callow youth and had learned , through sour experience , that it was not always prudent to approach strangers found in desolate spots . |
| 2 | Hot weather dishes not always suitable to serve in cold weather . |
| 3 | However , in everyday life it is not always feasible to think of hiring someone . |
| 4 | Back in the classroom it is not always easy to translate the high tech knowledge down to a child 's level . |
| 5 | The suspense novel stops short of the pure thriller , a kind of writing that falls outside the scope of this book , but it is not always easy to say just where the line should be drawn . |
| 6 | It is not always easy to describe a technique , even when it is really easy to do . |
| 7 | It is not always easy to describe conventions and to determine their force and strength . |
| 8 | This is not always easy to operationalise . |
| 9 | But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions . |
| 10 | It is not always easy to decide what is the substance of the contract , the provision of services or the transfer of ownership . |
| 11 | It is , however , not always easy to transmit non-textual files ( e.g. files containing bit-map graphics ) using electronic mail . |
| 12 | Of course she is becoming more well known and it is not always easy to realise it . |
| 13 | It is not always easy to use their own in-house people if the chairman or chief executive wants to find a very senior director : then they nearly always go to outside professional advisers for confidentiality , for objectivity and often because the senior headhunters in the major firms are the best , of the highest quality and are paid accordingly . |
| 14 | The degree of economic specialization might vary from one centre to another , and in the last resort it is not always easy to define what was a town . |
| 15 | In his theological writings , it is not always easy to see at what point he steps over the borderline between magic and religion . |
| 16 | But there are no hard and fast definitions of NFI ; the distinction between a sale by the investor which represents some sort of invisible investment and one which does not is not always easy to see , especially with turn-key contracts . |
| 17 | Tail slightly forked , but fork not always easy to see in flight . |
| 18 | Smaller and paler , especially beneath , than Skylark ( p. 205 ) , with no crest , shorter bill , unstreaked underparts and a distinctive small dark patch on each side of breast , not always easy to see in the field . |
| 19 | What the result of this equation is for democracy is not always easy to see . |
| 20 | Perhaps I can say , that what I 'd like to see is N C V O be much more corporate in the way it approaches things , erm , many of you will have seen many of our publications , but , you may not always realise they come from N C V O , sometimes it 's not always easy to see that , you have to search through and , not always find it , and we 've got many different images , so I think it 's important we er get a whole corporate image across . |
| 21 | In the course of this conflict it is shown that whilst much of the relevant legislation — for example , on school admissions — may emphasise individual parents ' rights , in practice it is not always easy to accommodate them . |
| 22 | Most people in Hong Kong have two ambitions , which are not always easy to reconcile . |
| 23 | The line between matters of fact and opinions deduced from facts is not always easy to draw . |
| 24 | This line is not always easy to draw . |
| 25 | The Scottish system has some very distinctive features which are not always easy to explain to those whose first language is not English . |
| 26 | Methodological principles need to be discussed at the rather abstract level at which they were presented in the preceding chapters ; otherwise it is not always easy to assess the applicability of a set of methods to a new research context . |
| 27 | However , this is not always easy to do because , as I have already said , most disputes are more or less polycentric . |
| 28 | A further limiting factor is that the plaintiff bears the burden of proof ; he has to show that the defendant was negligent and this is not always easy to do . |
| 29 | They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ? |
| 30 | 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 . |