Example sentences of "not always [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 3 | ‘ But with injuries that have cut the heart from the side , Souness has had to buy — and he 's not always been successful . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's not always been easy . |
| 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 | I 've tried , but it 's not always been easy . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Reconciling the desires of the individual and the cohesiveness of the community has not always been easy . |
| 10 | Personal relations among researchers working on Aplysia , and between the Aplysia group in general and those working with other molluscans , such as Dan Alkon and his Woods Hole colleagues studying Hermissenda ( Chapter 7 ) , have not always been easy and were sometimes abrasive , to the extent that they attracted science writer Susan Allport to devote an entire book to them . |
| 11 | but it has not always been easy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is also to the point to note that the concept ‘ gas ’ has not always been available . |
| 14 | Even in Europe their experience has not always been encouraging . |
| 15 | Accounting for some of the new instruments has not always been uniform , and a variety of arguments have been advanced to justify differing treatments . |
| 16 | They have not always been sufficiently quick to follow up when there has been evidence that a site has been tampered with , and certainly they have not always been keen to organise rescue excavations to investigate these sites . |
| 17 | Design of the study — " before and after " We look at people in hospital , hopefully before they get into any rehabilitation programme but that 's not always been possible . |
| 18 | It had not always been possible for him to observe the phenomenon on his own . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It will be suggested that the problem is compounded , because theorists have not always been consistent , but have used the concept of social representation in both particular and universal senses . |
| 21 | However , the research findings have not always been consistent and there has been controversy over their significance . |
| 22 | Dr Frankie Walters , chairman of the local medical committee and a general practitioner in west Newcastle , agrees with Boyle 's analysis that relationships between general practitioners and social workers have not always been good . |
| 23 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 24 | While these efforts to involve local citizens ( particularly disadvantaged groups ) in decision-making in relation to social planning and development have not always been effective ( Boaden et al . , |
| 25 | Spackman has not always been the darling of the Ibrox crowd , not always been immaculate in his conceptions , in distribution given to moments of near madness and almost always one of the great unsung ; but , against Celtic , Spackman fashioned for himself a night to remember . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | manufactures have had some success in making less harmful products , but these have not always been popular with users |
| 28 | Moreover attempts to relate language classes to other strands systematically have not always been popular , many students preferring a language course which gives them an insight into cultural trends , with texts drawn from recent magazines , broadcasts , etc . |
| 29 | Their reputation amongst Europeans has not always been high . |
| 30 | Teamwork is paramount in any sphere of operation but something which has not always been evident in the past . |