Example sentences of "if not always [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These later governments have advocated ( if not always implemented ) programmes designed to reduce collectivism , public-sector activity and expenditure , and apparent social dependency , whilst liberating enterprise and encouraging individualism . |
| 2 | As the vast bulk of corporate crime is initiated ( if not always implemented ) by high-ranking officials , two processes need to be considered : ( i ) whether factors associated with upward mobility in corporations are inherently criminogenic ; and ( ii ) whether the social-psychological consequences of success within a corporation are criminogenic . |
| 3 | It often if not always involves children and schools and we 've only to list the petitions that come in here to realise that . |
| 4 | What is everywhere assumed , if not always made explicit , is that literary judgement has no place in the academy . |
| 5 | Practising with pleasure if not always profit |
| 6 | Their paths were to cross quite frequently with commando raids , but Commando formations were uniformed military forces — as mentioned earlier — if not always treated as such by their enemies . |
| 7 | An essay tests your ability to analyse a given question , to develop a line of argument , to explain clearly what you mean and to express a point of view so as to persuade — if not always to convince — the reader of the strength of your case . |
| 8 | His views must be paramount , if not always agreed with . |
| 9 | And that trust was invariably repaid with a fierce loyalty — if not always love — to Branson himself , and to the company . |