Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] always [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a community that accepts integrity has a vehicle for organic change , even if it is not always wholly effective , that it would not otherwise have at all . |
| 2 | In his Harvard thesis of 1916 T. S. Eliot had claimed any knowledge of reality to be little more than a perilous mental construct : ‘ we are forced to admit that the construction is not always completely successful , ’ being ‘ always about to fall apart . ’ |
| 3 | The language syntax is not always completely identical to that of the 6502 version , but in most cases the Z80 version is more tolerant . |
| 4 | You will note that the language used is not always syntactically correct . |
| 5 | On the other hand , because the perfect answer is not always immediately available does not mean that the whole exercise can or should be abandoned as a foolish pipe-dream . |
| 6 | The explanation for this is that an automatic car is not always immediately available and they are more expensive to produce . |
| 7 | The type of doubt which is generated by a weak sense of personal conviction is not always immediately apparent . |
| 8 | However , some fabric retention may be achieved through abundant inclusions , although this is not always immediately apparent ( Fig. 5.40a , b ) . |
| 9 | As for camouflage , this is not always easily explicable on neo-Darwinian premises . |
| 10 | Respondents requested this information , and pointed out that it is not always readily accessible . |
| 11 | Despite the impression given by some articles , marriage is not the only relationship and many non-marrieds equally find that adjusting to retirement is not always that easy . |
| 12 | However , the relevant court system is not always so expensive and the methods adopted to enable the fair resolution of the dispute may not always be cheap . |
| 13 | In some cases they are provided : making up a two per cent solution means two per cent not one per cent or ten , giving ten millilitres of medication is a precise measure , but it is not always so easy to define standards . |
| 14 | With terms expressly agreed by the parties it is not always so easy . |
| 15 | Clearly , the distinction is not always so apparent ; sometimes artists work as designers , and vice-versa . |
| 16 | It is not always so obvious in relationships , where we often expect the bright flames of love to burn out of their own purity and spontaneity , but they too need refuelling in what may be quite prosaic ways . |
| 17 | The link between pleasure and addiction is not always so extreme , but more mundane addictions have brought about millions of less dramatic deaths outside the laboratory , and caused untold misery and pain . |
| 18 | Class remains synonymous with organized labour , regardless of the fact that in the context of local authorities organized labour is not always very radical . |
| 19 | In our society , it is not always very easy to talk about religious experiences — it is often far easier to discuss the previously taboo subject of sex . |
| 20 | An English style of demi-caractëre dance is not always very obvious except in the hornpipe and in Ashton 's Harvest , Maypole and Morris Stick Dance in La Fille Mal Gardée , where the last two vary very little from the traditional versions . |
| 21 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 22 | In summary , it is likely that the effect of the social role assigned to the fieldworker might be quite complex , with status , sex , age and ethnicity interacting in a manner which is not always initially obvious . |
| 23 | The legal profession is not always entirely blameless in these matters , for there is often left in the minds of interested people the suspicion that , in the courts of law the scoring of points and the winning of cases takes precedence over the desire to administer justice and establish truth . |
| 24 | The artistic approach involves a more intuitive , creative way of thinking that is not always entirely logical , is found more often in the ladies ’ approach and comes with experience . |
| 25 | There is no such thing in practice as a perfect vapour barrier , though this is not always as serious as it might appear . |
| 26 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 27 | It is not always as simple as following the chain back until we come to a name or a noun . |
| 28 | Although certain oils are believed to be ‘ uplifting ’ , ‘ sedative ’ or ‘ anti-depressant ’ , it is not always as straightforward as this . |
| 29 | The ordering of given and new information is not always as straightforward as this , however . |
| 30 | But the process is not always as beneficial as is popularly supposed |