Example sentences of "have [not/n't] always [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , such building work has not always been completely destructive , but modern techniques of construction usually require deep foundations , totally destroying any underlying sites . |
| 2 | In opera , the Mariinsky has not always been so illustrious , but in recent times , particularly under the directorship of Valery Gergiev , standards have risen beyond recognition . |
| 3 | The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food . |
| 4 | But it has n't always been so welcoming . |
| 5 | The place here has n't always been so welcoming , believe me . |
| 6 | Life has n't always been so dull for Elaine : she has managed , in the past , to survive the same upheavals as many able-bodied people . |
| 7 | Lady Thatcher has n't always been so welcome in the hallowed halls , eight years ago she was refused an honorary doctorate by Oxford University as a protest against her attitude to education . |
| 8 | She recognised that her son had not always been as attentive as expected towards his wife or the children and that he spent too much time with friends like Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 9 | It had not always been as bad as in the past year or two , but this is not uncommon as-any form of fear or negativity feeds upon itself as time goes by . |
| 10 | Egypt had not always been so welcoming . |
| 11 | She had a tin of photographs which she would browse through , reminding herself that life had not always been so humdrum . |
| 12 | The incidents and memories have not always been so uplifting , however . |
| 13 | Those under threat in the cities have not always been so lucky . |
| 14 | They have not always been as humble as Balanchine in submitting to the dictates of the score as envisaged by the composer . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , they have not always been mutually supportive . |
| 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 | She 's very good to us , her elderly parents , even though I have n't always been as good a father as I should have been . |
| 18 | ‘ They have n't always been as poor as they are now , ’ asserted George , beginning to his surprise to feel the stirrings of loyalty or pity for the Dersinghams . |
| 19 | Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate . |