Example sentences of "usually [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drill is basically designed for drilling holes into extremely hard masonry , usually for some type of fixing , or to clear a way for cables or pipes . |
| 2 | This is usually for the length of the publishing agreement ( normally about three to four years ) plus a period which could range from five to twenty-five years , depending on the writer 's bargaining position . |
| 3 | These are usually for the under 3's , and are found in Church Halls or private houses . |
| 4 | Other varieties were made on farms in small quantities and were usually for home consumption only , but the resurgence of interest in farmhouse foods coupled with milk quotas that forced farmers to look for ways of using their surplus milk , has brought about a revolution in British cheesemaking , which is all to the good for the cheese eating public . |
| 5 | The young are suckled usually for 18–20 months , 24 months at most . |
| 6 | The courts have shown a similar bias , though usually for a different reason . |
| 7 | More usually for ceramics , the scientist examines the composition of groups of similar objects of known origin to build up a comparative database . |
| 8 | Although about 350 farms a year become involved in providing accommodation , a fairly high percentage opts out , usually for family reasons , so there has not been much growth in the past 15 years . |
| 9 | The post was usually for him . |
| 10 | All three bodies provided support during this period for pioneering WEA activity over relatively short periods , usually for three years , although some were renewed to sustain encouraging developments . |
| 11 | Hoomey 's trunks had green pineapples and monkeys printed on them ; Nails picked up lost or abandoned ( usually for a good reason ) trunks in the changing room and only Jazz had a reasonable garment . |
| 12 | They sell their labour to the latifundia at harvest time , usually for very low wages . |
| 13 | The other fields , which are arable , or ploughed , are usually for barley and sometimes for oats or kale . |
| 14 | But since you have come this far you wait ( usually for some time ) until the supervisor emerges . |
| 15 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
| 16 | Although the courts might occasionally — usually for those with means — award damages against wrongful arrest and detention , the police in effect only arrested ‘ guilty ‘ people . |
| 17 | Eye contact on one person at a time for a complete thought , usually for about five seconds . |
| 18 | Some employers sponsor students by paying fees and maintenance ; there is widespread employer involvement in various forms of sandwich courses and work placements including , in some cases , co-operation in student assessment ; there are endowed chairs at universities and polytechnics ; there are sponsored courses sometimes with a single client as customer for the whole student cohort ; employers sit on various boards and committees concerned with activities from course unit level to governing body ; employers use academics as consultants and engage academic departments to do research for them ; there are sponsored research and collaborative projects ; and curriculum material is available at all levels — usually for free — from industrial and commercial bodies . |
| 19 | In this corpus we find that it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent , and in those cases where one does , it is usually for special effect . |
| 20 | Cover is usually for the United Kingdom and abroad . |
| 21 | CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement . |
| 22 | Any omissions are usually for quite practical reasons and here the ‘ clay dot ’ position markers have been replaced by the cleaner and harder-wearing cream plastic variety . |
| 23 | ‘ We are getting substantial rent-free periods and are being offered large capital contributions ’ — a sum paid by the landlord to the tenant , usually for shopfitting to entice customers into the mall or high street . |
| 24 | Bank current account loan or ordinary loan Cash loan usually for specific purpose ( like buying expensive durables or cars ) for people with bank accounts , usually without security ( unless it 's a large sum or borrowed for a long time ) ; usually fixed , regular payments over two or three ( occasionally up to seven ) years ; interest on what is owed fluctuates in line with but rather higher than bank base rate . |
| 25 | Voucher Similar to trading check , but usually for more extensive specific purchase from specific shop ; fixed payments including interest fixed at start , maybe collected weekly over one to three years . |
| 26 | Not that they have n't known each other usually for years , but such formality has its necessary place , for there are again the exceptions . |
| 27 | Pupils excluded indefinitely ( usually for not more than 15 days ) has trebled since 1989 . |
| 28 | John Wesley , however , greatly admired Herbert and adapted a number of his poems , usually for the worse , as hymns . |
| 29 | And it 's usually for life ’ , a group of graduating students told me . |
| 30 | Some parents may already use a variation of this procedure by sending children to their rooms , but this is usually for long periods to get the children out of their way . |