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
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