Example sentences of "[noun] usually [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Habitat usually higher than Willow Grouse , mountain tops , tundra , well above tree-line , and in British Isles usually well above 2000 ft. 14 in. ( 35–36 cm . ) .
2 A subfamily of the Ophiuridae characterised by the disk usually covered by plates sometimes with thickened skin ; radial shield usually conspicuous ; arm combs sometimes present ; one to many apical papillae flanked by a continuous series of oral papillae ; second oral tentacle pore opening outside the mouth slit or opening outside but entering the mouth slit via a furrow ; oral shield variable in shape and size ; arms varying size ; arm spines usually less than an arm segment in length and usually appressed .
3 Plumage more rufous and head usually paler than most buzzards , also has pale patch on underwing , which Buzzard may have too , but Black Kite does not .
4 The early , smaller jennies were used at home , and although the rate paid in the West of England in 1798 was , at 6½d ( 2½p ) a score , only half the rate of the 1770s , the extra output usually more than compensated .
5 Females usually larger than males .
6 The dorsal most or second dorsal most arm spines are the longest about 1½ arm segments long , the ventral ones usually less than an arm segment in length .
7 Isolated stands of small , wind-stunted trees are characteristic , in North America usually white or black spruce Picea glauca , P .
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