Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] always [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also to the point to note that the concept ‘ gas ’ has not always been available . |
| 2 | Even in Europe their experience has not always been encouraging . |
| 3 | In their defence , however , it has to be admitted that the drafting of contracts has not always been perfect , particularly in the simpler forms , where clarity has sometimes been sacrificed to brevity . |
| 4 | Despite efforts by staff to integrate different issues as far as an individual is concerned this has not always been possible given the present working practice , locations and procedures . |
| 5 | It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters . |
| 6 | Now it has not always been easy to warm to England 's rugby followers , whose customary note is somewhere between a bray and a bellow . |
| 7 | The precise number of evening papers has not always been easy to fix , since some of those with distinct names ( such as the Evening Mail of Sandwell and Dudley in the late 1970s ) were in fact local versions of a ‘ series ’ title ( in this case , the Birmingham Mail ) . |
| 8 | Reconciling the desires of the individual and the cohesiveness of the community has not always been easy . |
| 9 | but it has not always been easy . |
| 10 | Deciding who will join their ranks is just one of the questions the cooperative members have had to get to grips with ; learning self-management has not always been easy . |
| 11 | However , we recognise that the church has not always been democratic and that at times we have been insensitive to violations of basic human rights even within the church . |
| 12 | Accounting for some of the new instruments has not always been uniform , and a variety of arguments have been advanced to justify differing treatments . |
| 13 | It has not always been obvious that the natural way to classify animals was hierarchical . |
| 14 | Secondly , a continuing and , in some ways , irresolvable problem is how to balance the twin aims of conservation and recreation since , despite the Sandford recommendations , it has not always been clear where the emphasis should be ( Cripps 1980 ) . |
| 15 | YOUTH hostelling , in my experience , has not always been plain sailing . |
| 16 | Though the earth has always had poles of rotation , the polar environment has not always been cold ( Chapter 1 ) . |
| 17 | The relationship between research , policy and practice is not smooth and its past history with regard to social services for children has not always been happy . |
| 18 | Iveco has not always been this integrated . |
| 19 | Their reputation amongst Europeans has not always been high . |
| 20 | Teamwork is paramount in any sphere of operation but something which has not always been evident in the past . |
| 21 | The owner Janet Stokes says , ‘ Of course , it has n't always been easy for Karen . |
| 22 | WHILE BRYAN AND KEITH are now enjoying the fruits of success , it has n't always been easy . |
| 23 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 24 | It had not always been possible for him to observe the phenomenon on his own . |
| 25 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 26 | As the available range of leisure activities expanded such people were less interested in the convivial aspects of Friendly Society membership and more concerned with safe insurance , which Friendly Societies had not always been able to guarantee . |
| 27 | If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors . |
| 28 | The PUK had not always been devoid of outside help , having at one stage been supported by Syria before entering into negotiations with Baghdad in 1984 for a new deal for Iraqi Kurds to improve on the Autonomous Region status conceded them under a mosaic of earlier legislation . |
| 29 | It had n't always been that way . |
| 30 | An experienced Substitute Prosecutor who would stand by him if things got tricky … and he had n't always been lucky . |