Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be usually " in BNC.
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1 | In the Palaeozoic they are usually called griottes from their supposed resemblance to cherries , and can be found ( in northern Spain and southern France , for example ) in the Cambrian , the Devonian and the Upper Carboniferous , besides their very wide distribution in the Jurassic . |
2 | Well I believe in Twyman 's law — that when a statistic looks interesting it is usually a mistake . |
3 | If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month . |
4 | Her people when they are important are moral agents ; and when they are good they are usually nice as well . |
5 | Banded shells may be ridged or smooth ( in both N. lapillus and N. emarginata ) but when ridges are present they are usually paler than the grooves . |
6 | The ventral interradial area is also covered with granules , if spinelets are present they are usually confined to the distal edge . |
7 | [ … ] Where books were inadequate it was usually a result of their sketchy approach to a subject . |
8 | Most unusual — where Mark was concerned it was usually the other way round . |
9 | But elsewhere in the country in general they were usually done by indigenous working-class women whose mothers had often had similar jobs before them . |
10 | That 's right it 's usually too much eating or lack of exercise |