Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not always [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But it is not always seen in this way .
2 To be sure it is not always functioning ‘ with all the stops out ’ as it might be in a problem-solving task .
3 However , it is not always recognized that individuality is itself a cultural concept : there can be no private independent real person dissociated from the cultural values which define the society in which the individual lives .
4 It is not always realized that often a herb will help with digestion generally , — or with the digestion of the particular food with which it is associated .
5 Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees .
6 It is not always realized that the pain of loss is experienced physically as well as mentally .
7 Most Government Departments make appointments from professional lawyers , and here , although practical experience is an important qualification , it is not always regarded as essential .
8 It is not always realised how little spinning is carried out during the test flying of a new type of glider .
9 It is not always realised that by some , perhaps Puritanical , compensatory instinct a true Rococo house enshrines its riotous and self-indulgent interior within a particularly severe exterior masonry of canted bays and minimal decorative devices .
10 Mr Lawson said he had always played straight with people , which was why the Government was so respected , ‘ even if it is not always loved by all the people ’ .
11 However , in practice although earnings vary , it is not always observed that dividends fall as earnings fall .
12 It is not always understood that he does not only help her but has frequently to lead her into a movement .
13 While we admire this spirit of revolt , it is not always actuated by wisdom " .
14 It is not always agreed whether it is the woman who first issues the invitation , or the male .
15 But it is not always going to be the most economic route .
16 It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated .
17 It is not always clear that polygyny is of such reproductive value to females as the views of Orians and his colleagues suggest .
18 It is hardly surprising that there is a high degree of confusion and it is not always clear who is to blame ( or can claim credit ) for particular activities .
19 One weakness of Rationality and Relativism is that it is not always clear that the various authors interpret relativism in the same way .
20 One disadvantage of intuitive decision-making , or of ‘ leaps in the dark ’ if Birkenhead 's phraseology is preferred , is that it is not always clear what they are intended to achieve .
21 Many of these management activities would occur automatically in best-practice private companies , spurred on by managers adopting broad views of their briefs , although it is not always clear what motivates the manager to behave in this way — perhaps the operation of the managerial labour market ?
22 Some scholars have argued that despite the front quality of OE /ae/ , ME a was a back vowel ( or perhaps merely a fully low vowel : it is not always clear what is meant by ‘ back vowel ’ ) , and on this basis have postulated a change around 1600 from a back ( or low ) value to front-raised /ae/ , which is of course the modern conservative RP value .
23 However , it is not always clear what is being measured in a given situation .
24 It is not always clear who actually makes important decisions .
25 The problem with them , however , is that it is not always clear what predictions they make for particular paradigms ( Alba & Hasher , 1983 ; Brewer & Nakamura , 1984 ) .
26 It is not always clear what the public interest is or what serves it .
27 Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously .
28 Policies that directly or indirectly impinge upon the objectives of the railways are formulated at a number of different sites within the state administration , and co-ordination between them is not always assured .
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