Example sentences of "were not always " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 2 | Thomson 's judgements about music were not always as accurate as his confident expression implied : he invited discussion . |
| 3 | ‘ I discovered , ’ he said , ‘ that in Germany other Polish players were not always paid what their contracts stated and that is no good . |
| 4 | But it was the city 's spiritual health which most preoccupied him , though he realized spiritual and economic were not always inseparable . |
| 5 | They were not always fair in their criticism : few today would agree with the New Statesman reviewer who wrote of The Lady Vanishes that ‘ the English should leave amorous wisecracking to the nation which invented and alone understands that art . ’ |
| 6 | Since it was generally associated with the corpuscular theory of matter it was a common idea in Locke 's time , though its details , and the arguments from which it was derived , were not always the same . |
| 7 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 8 | Episcopal elections were not always peaceful , especially if tension arose between influential families or groups . |
| 9 | It was difficult to ask some months later about the events and personnel : most Zuwaya were understandably reticent and those who were more ready to talk were not always obviously reliable . |
| 10 | Even in that period , reactions were not always as bad as these ; in 1618 the water-poet John Taylor had a wonderful Scottish holiday ( having gone there , as a result of a bet with Ben Jonson , without money , so that his account stands as a testimony to the generosity of the Scots ) . |
| 11 | Again , we must remember that those sermons which got into print or were noticed and attacked in newspapers were not always typical : the typical is seldom noticed . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , relations in the scrum were not always cordial . |
| 13 | After a conspicuously bland general election campaign , Riot , Risings and Revolution , Ian Gilmour 's study of politics and violence in the 18th century , served as a salient reminder that things were not always thus . |
| 14 | While these were not banned , they were not always easy to get , partly because state publishers had to use much of their manpower and paper ration churning out millions of volumes of turgid Party-approved prose and the works of Lenin . |
| 15 | Miller 's relations with the Royal Society were not always amicable . |
| 16 | Furthermore transport from one place to another could be by the River Thames rather than the roads , which were not always safe and often impassable in some weather conditions . |
| 17 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 18 | From then on no guidebook to the county was complete without its Hardy references , although they were not always reliable . |
| 19 | ( ii ) National liberation was thus a reaction both to the political domination of the Great Powers and to integration into a wider capitalist system ( the two were not always distinguishable ) . |
| 20 | As a result there were many instances of incorrect use and reports of inadequate performance that were not always justified . |
| 21 | The results , obtained at considerable cost , were full of interesting facts but they were not always very conclusive . |
| 22 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 23 | They also recognised the company 's unwavering dedication to finding and supporting independent groups , even if they were not always the most professional marketeers . |
| 24 | My mind games were not always concerned with the past ; sometimes they involved transforming my surroundings into a fantasy landscape . |
| 25 | From these few examples , it was obvious that the theoretical principles related to the spread of infection were not always put into practice . |
| 26 | In developing surreptitious techniques to break up the beat monotony , superiors were not always what they seemed . |
| 27 | Thus , patients were not always being admitted to hospital and , when admitted , had not always been referred to a psychiatrist . |
| 28 | Moreover , the two aspects of the debate were not always synchronised in the same people or at the same time . |
| 29 | Even so , cleverness and dogged determination were not always appreciated . |
| 30 | Foster parents were not always equipped to cope with the vagaries of their own children , let alone the problems of outsiders . |