Example sentences of "be [adv] always [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am not always a villain , ’ he added quietly .
2 ‘ I am not always a monster who will attack you . ’
3 However , one thing worth mentioning at this point is that the larger parts are not always a guarantee of an agent 's interest — quite often big roles will attract attention , but a student who has been very well cast in a smaller role may hit the mark just as effectively .
4 Claudia loves roses , but they are not always a success .
5 Low local taxes are not always a recipe for electoral success .
6 A further problem of the street quota system is that people on the busiest streets are not always a good sample of the general population .
7 Interruptions are not always a curse ; I sometimes find that a lost association breaks the surface for air precisely when I 've stopped actively thinking about the writing .
8 Statistics are not always a reliable guide since , as every reader knows , frequency of utterance is not the same as intensity .
9 It is only good for learning weights , and weights are not always a reliable way to resolve conflicts .
10 While parents provide a lifeline for many women in poverty , they are not always an unproblematic source of help .
11 The snag is , as London Docklands developers have found , these are not always the houses that people want .
12 First movers , then , are not always the entrepreneurs who invent a product ; but they will be the first to build an organisation which can fully exploit its economies of scale and scope .
13 The words printed are not always the actual words spoken or written to us .
14 The perceptions of parent and teacher are not always the same , for one thing .
15 I know climbers are not always the most considerate of folks , but this is definitely a place to adopt a ‘ softly softly ’ approach , even if you are finding your chosen route a little hard going .
16 Even though many hoteliers admit that hotel guests are not always the principal users of leisure facilities , it has been shown that their existence does influence many people in their choice of a place to stay .
17 The first is that , although all methods have their shortcomings , they are not always the same .
18 Now the structures of practices are not always the same , but rather depend upon the various elements of the production processes they contain .
19 Farming pioneers , as with any other industry are not always the best rewarded for their efforts .
20 Sleeping tablets are not always the solution as they upset the normal rhythm of sleep and people may become dependent upon them .
21 He is not even disturbed by the fact that his beard , monocle and considerable size are not always the ideal ambassadorial countenance for delicate first encounters between East and West .
22 However , the kind of graph theory which mathematicians investigate is almost totally irrelevant for computing , and even the basic definitions which computing people use are not always the standard graph theoretic ones .
23 Although the military may try to give each large corporation a turn in contracting , these two corporations are in competition and their corporate interests are not always the same .
24 Its leadership was corporate , unlike that of most modern churches ; it comprised an equally unusual feature , prophets and teachers in the leadership together- and they are not always the easiest of bedfellows .
25 The philosopher Rescher offers a useful distinction when he says that we are all the best judges of our own satisfaction and happiness , and no-one can do this for us , but that we are not always the best judges of what is in our own best interests , and that others , who are less subjectively involved are better judges .
26 The draft PPG Note rightly points out that existing coastal defence policies are not always the cheapest option .
27 I agree with my hon. Friend that unit costs are not always the same in all parts of the country .
28 Competition and privatisation are not always the guarantors of quality .
29 And you 're not always a dream to live with , you know .
30 Even they 're not always a problem though
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