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There's unforutnately no real way to have the bearings end up TOTALLY inside the liner, since there's nothing for the dust sleeve ends to fit around other than the axle cones. The main point of the dust sleeve is to prevent water and mud from dripping down the seat tube, downtube, and chainstays and rusting the BB parts.
As long as the sleeve is wide enough to cover the openings that connect to the adjacent tubes, it will do its job as well as it can! There is often a small hole drilled in the bottom of the BB shell to allow water to run out.