Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [not/n't] always a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you 're not always a dream to live with , you know . |
| 2 | And it is not always a matter of sleeping in a swank hotel nearby ; several investigating teams have , from time to time , had to share a tent on or near the accident site because of the remoteness of the crash . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) Many tenants object to forfeiture provisions applying where distress or execution has been levied on its goods at the premises , as even in the best run organisations this sometimes occurs and it is not always an indication that the tenant is in financial difficulty . |
| 4 | In matrilineal societies , the father is missing as an important social figure , but there is not always a totemic system operating . |
| 5 | There were , however , important differences : there was always a king , or claimant king , of Macedon ; but there was not always a tagos of Thessaly ( their word for ruler over the four great districts or tetrarchies of Thessaly . ) . |
| 6 | Claudia loves roses , but they are not always a success . |
| 7 | But he was not always a parliamentary loner : in 1586–7 he supported the clamour for Mary 's execution , and he also wanted to urge the queen to accept sovereignty of the Netherlands in the struggle against Spain . |
| 8 | People make a virtue of loyalty but it 's not always a good thing . |