Example sentences of "[adv] of the usual " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constraint that we shall perceive only that which is ‘ really there ’ is a true constraint only if ‘ really there ’ can be defined independently of the usual constraints of perception . |
| 2 | And while there is a fair slice here of the usual details of travel , of botched arrangements and chance encounters , the personal story is also much more worth telling than usual . |
| 3 | Changes can be made in the look of any step not by a change in the tempo but in the time signature : for example , dancing a pas de basque to a 2/4 or 6/8 instead of the usual 3/4 . |
| 4 | Even after repair works on the generators had been done , only two of them operated satisfactorily forcing the factory to work on only two shifts instead of the usual three . |
| 5 | On your long-term test of the Citroen XM 24v ( 27 February ) , David Vivian comments on a ‘ curious high-pitched whine ’ instead of the usual starting noises . |
| 6 | The new grants ( with current grant in brackets ) will be : halls or lodgings in London : £2,780 ( £2,585 ) ; elsewhere : £2,200 ; ( £2,090 ) ; parental home : £1,660 ( £1,575 ) Mr Mike Watson , MP for Glasgow Central , told the committee examining the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill , that Scottish students would suffer financial hardship because most Scottish degree courses were four years instead of the usual three in England and Wales . |
| 7 | With the help of producer Mike McEvoy — who produced a track on the current Soul II Soul LP — she has put together a video promo instead of the usual demo cassettes or industry showcases . |
| 8 | Thus suppose a mutation occurs in a complex organism which causes GGC to be translated as proline instead of the usual glycine . |
| 9 | A better bet for performance is the smaller 190 , with the optional 2.5-litre diesel instead of the usual 2-litre version . |
| 10 | But instead of the usual payload of gravel or iron ore , its hold was this time packed with several thousand colour-coded oil drums . |
| 11 | Looking toward the town from here , the sky is dominated by the seat of a religious brotherhood from whose minaret a human muezzin , instead of the usual loudspeaker , calls the faithful to prayer . |
| 12 | Special drills have been developed with heavy discs or modified rotovators instead of the usual light coulters . |
| 13 | The three eastern lines are reserved for special vehicles , including the King 's and Queen 's present saloons , Queen Victoria 's well known saloon ( not now used ) , the Director 's Inspection saloon , the Duke of Sutherland 's saloon ( painted with Highland Railway green lower panels instead of the usual L & NW lake ) , and other vehicles used for royal trains and other special purposes . |
| 14 | By and large , planners were associated with incomers in that they wished to control the way things were done , viz to impose rules where there were none before and to replace the old social norms by fiat instead of the usual agreement between households . |
| 15 | Low-alcohol beers contain about 1% alcohol instead of the usual 3 + % . |
| 16 | Between April 27 and May 19 , they can travel for half fare , instead of the usual one-third discount . |
| 17 | One of the latest inmates noted ruefully , ‘ Too much water runs down the ceiling and walls , instead of the usual way , through the water pipes . ’ |
| 18 | One day , instead of the usual austere frost and intensely clear light as dawn subsided , the air felt thick and warm . |
| 19 | A graphic mode enabling the use of all 16 colours ( instead of the usual three ) within one character in low-resolution . |
| 20 | The Firebrand featured the Gibson name branded into the headstock instead of the usual gold ‘ Gibson ’ decal . |
| 21 | The use of songs , including ‘ Mrs Robinson ’ and the irrelevant ‘ Scarborough Fair ’ , instead of the usual music score , added to the film 's attraction for young people , and started a never-ending and much-abused spate of movies which are virtual illustrations to albums of pop songs . |
| 22 | Four of 252 's Beaufighters had been destroyed on the ground during air raids while on Malta and the remaining four left on the same day for Gibraltar on the first leg of the flight back to England , each carrying three aboard instead of the usual crew of two . |
| 23 | Instead of the usual embarrassed note next morning , she leaves him the fragmentary manuscript of Rory 's own Crow Road : a folder of gnomic jottings and descriptions that represents a more substantial legacy than his father 's . |
| 24 | Let the Corporation stick to stories like this instead of the usual rubbishy old American ( or British ) films . |
| 25 | It has also led to the emergence of a handful of multi-dimensional spreadsheet products , which can typically hold data in up to 12 dimensions instead of the usual two or three , and let you ‘ slice and dice ’ the view of the information along these different dimensions . |
| 26 | You can have one-click shortcuts to do things like opening a file , instead of the usual menu route . |
| 27 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
| 28 | The difference you get with the Gyroflo Oven is that instead of the usual 5 shelf positions you get 7 , each with 25% more usable cooking area per shelf . |
| 29 | Unlike most ovens , it has three shelves instead of the usual two . |
| 30 | With a minimum of 5 copies , each student pays just 75p per issue instead of the usual price of £1.30 . |