Example sentences of "[be] not always [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Burrows wrote warning her daughter that " women are not always kind to each other " .
2 During his final years he extensively revised , rewrote and rearranged his poems , especially The Prelude , and although the changes he made are not always improvements , they add up to the formation of the definitive text of the poems , so that many lines and phrases which we think of as unmistakably Wordsworth date from these latter years .
3 Unfortunately the remaining strings are not always words .
4 But common sense tells us that the most important aspects of power are not always situations of observable conflict between visible , politically relevant actors ( first and second dimensions of power ) .
5 One of my school reports , when I was about nine , said of my history attainment , ‘ Molly writes a good story which is not always history . ’
6 Societies should always be aware when they are launched that life is not always sweetness and light when the pressure is on and constitutions should be framed so that disputes do arrive the framework for settlement already exists .
7 The reason for the decline is not always poverty ( which it often is for smaller farms or those in marginal areas ) but in the better areas is due to increasing agricultural efficiency , and even in the mid-1980s to agricultural surpluses ( see Chapter 9 ) .
8 When she fills up my glass with water — for there is not always wine — it is a protective and consoling gesture .
9 But it is not always Catholics who insert In Memoriam notices in the paper .
10 About the other summit there is less agreement : it is not always Shakespeare .
11 The list of possible traits is very long and there is not always agreement on the most important trait .
12 But did you know that not everyone celebrates Christmas at the same time and that it 's not always Father Christmas who delivers the presents ?
13 Supplicius of Amboise 's refusal to assist Fulk le Réchin in the field , because Fulk 's enemy was Thibaud of Blois to whom Supplicius had also paid homage , proved that the task was not always straightforward.i On the other hand , William the Conqueror was well supported against the royal invasions after 1051 .
14 The result was not always music of good quality , but many worshippers were attracted by it and folk music made much headway , particularly in those parishes which had no working church musicians to compose for their own communities and resources .
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