Example sentences of "if [adv] always [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Belorussian State TV and Radio Orchestra under Boris Raisky play with great passion and understanding throughout , if not always with the greatest of precision . |
| 2 | The theatre of war slowly became enlarged , a fact which , paradoxically , was to prove something of an advantage to the kings of France as they tried , if not always with success , to unite their entire population in a common war effort against the English . |
| 3 | When Robert Hathaway died in December 1954 , she regained her full status as dame of Sark and , despite many stormy passages with her islanders , continued to be treated by the majority with the greatest respect , if not always with affection . |
| 4 | On the other hand numerous studies have shown that clay from one locality , if not always of a single composition , has at least a reasonably uniform and limited compositional range , whereas clays from different locations ( towns , countries , continents ) have different chemical compositions because they reflect differences in the underlying geology . |
| 5 | There was no doubt that maintaining several hundred Australians on Timor was now counter-productive ; and in December the 2/2 Independent Company were taken off the island , after nearly 11 months of constant movement , if not always in action . |
| 6 | The major tool of management was always employment , for it was only through interest that anything worthwhile could be obtained , for even appointments in mercantile houses at home or abroad could often only be obtained through interest , while all appointments in government service were patronage appointments , in fact if not always in theory . |
| 7 | The history of TV until 1990 , then , was one of growth and diversification , if not always in the ways intended either by regulators or companies and channels . |
| 8 | Although it does not show up in the analyses , content surely also became more international , in source of origin , if not always in substance . |
| 9 | The age regulations governing access to training are becoming more flexible , on paper if not always in practice , and there is increasing emphasis on ‘ access ’ courses of various kinds for adults . |
| 10 | While Uvarov 's periodization is obviously too clear cut , it is nevertheless true that Speranskii 's reform of the territory 's administration — including the operation of the exile system and the regularization of relations with the Siberian natives — created , in theory , if not always in practice , a more rational and equitable framework for the government and management of the Siberian lands which remained more or less in situ until the upheavals of 1917 . |
| 11 | As couples pass decennial milestones in their conjugal lives the occasions are marked , if not always in material form , by recognition in terms of the hierarchy of precious substances commonly accepted in western society — silver , ruby , gold and diamond . |
| 12 | Those who remained loyal could expect to be generously rewarded , in position if not always in money . |
| 13 | Sometime around 1745 Rome suddenly reversed its earlier policy and began , in theory if not always in practice , to treat all Catholics as members of the same species whatever their skin colour or cultural affiliation . |
| 14 | Data from mechanical and dielectric measurements can be related , certainly in a qualitative , if not always in a quantitative way . |
| 15 | In Catalonia , Aragon and Republican-held Andalusia , however , a new revolutionary order appeared in the process of creation , enthusiastically supported by the urban and rural working class if not always by the lower-middle class and landholding peasantry . |