Example sentences of "not always [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ants , which may make up to half of the animal biomass in some habitats , are not always involved in such an apparently one-sided relationship with plants , as we have seen in the case of the myrmecophytic epiphytes . |
| 2 | And how the mine at the bottom of the shaft was not always dark , but lofty , like a cathedral , and lit up , but with dark tunnels running out from it on all sides . |
| 3 | The analysis of the information is therefore not always comprehensive nor undertaken in a consistent way . |
| 4 | If you are a large family , or cook a lot , you should definitely look for a machine with a scrub cycle so you are not always hand-scouring pots and pans . |
| 5 | Affluent if not always prudent strokeplayer , Greenfield was the first YTS graduate to sign for Sussex , and duly led then to the 2nd XI pennant in 1990 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Each of these stages divides into separate activities which are not always discrete but merge with one another : |
| 9 | His scams and cons , however , are not always abortive and the profit he makes is not always snatched away at the last minute . |
| 10 | All things being equal , a favourable balance makes war less likely , but other things are not always equal , and they may be hard to ignore . |
| 11 | Hot weather dishes not always suitable to serve in cold weather . |
| 12 | The scheme is less helpful for the person who is handicapped from youth and has no experience of work , and it is not always suitable for those who are unused to and ill-suited for industrial work , for example , those from clerical work or service trades . |
| 13 | However , such a procedure is not always suitable for explanatory research since , in this case , the aim is to achieve sufficient cases for analysis rather than a representative sample of some population . |
| 14 | If your equipment has to go outside on open roads or gravelled surfaces , remember castors are not always suitable . |
| 15 | You will remember that he thought that contextual features might be considered in the way that general phonetic features are considered : sometimes , but not always relevant , and specifiable to variable degrees of delicacy for different purposes ( 2.2 . |
| 16 | While it might seem simple common sense to argue that , for example , tax relief on profits must be an important factor in the decision of a manufacturer to produce offshore , this is not always relevant . |
| 17 | It is engaged in a non-deadly , if not always exactly friendly , struggle for business with transnational capital abroad and a relatively consensual , if not always cooperative , project for national development at home . |
| 18 | We must accept , then , that the distinction between ‘ simple ’ and ‘ complex ’ words is difficult to draw , and is therefore not always useful . |
| 19 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 20 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 21 | The variety of religious motivations was not always conducive to harmony among philanthropists . |
| 22 | The cut and thrust of debate and the pressures of executive responsibility , the essential features of open and responsible government , are not always conducive to a clear and unbiased explanation of the meaning of statutory language . |
| 23 | This is not always attributable to ‘ poor motivation ’ . |
| 24 | Beds are not always interior sprung divans , they may be built-in platform beds or a spring mattress on a wire mesh base . |
| 25 | Essential oils are not always cheap , especially rose and neroli , but because they are highly concentrated , in use a little goes a very long way . |
| 26 | The exchange was not always beneficial ; migrants from the old inner areas often regretted the life they had left behind in the move to a more open plan or high-rise environment ( Young and Wilmott 1954 ) . |
| 27 | The uses to which religion can be put are not always beneficial — indeed can be very damaging indeed . |
| 28 | However , in everyday life it is not always feasible to think of hiring someone . |
| 29 | It also provides some flexibility for smaller countries , which had claimed that for them self-sufficiency was not always feasible . |
| 30 | Similarly , region of origin is not always co-extensive with ethnicity . |