Example sentences of "usually [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , one can not talk about contemporary Chinese , Russian or Balkan weaving groups , because there is usually little or no difference in the character and appearance of rugs made in the various centres throughout each country . |
| 2 | As the employer dictated the contract of employment there was usually little or no liability . |
| 3 | For solids and liquids , electronic absorption bands are usually broad and essentially featureless . |
| 4 | Any styling effort applied to sopping wet hair is usually unnecessary and wastes a lot of time . |
| 5 | On the other hand , internal fitments , like booking counters , benches , and stoves , were usually solid and practical rather than elegant . |
| 6 | Both they and their children are also more mobile and , typically , more highly-educated , so they compete in an entirely separate — ; usually professional and managerial — labour market from the local population . |
| 7 | A home interview for this is usually preferable and more convenient for the elderly , as they can feel more comfortable and relaxed in their own surroundings , and there they will be sure to have all the papers connected with their financial affairs to hand . |
| 8 | Anal lesions and haemorrhoids usually cause frank bleeding rather than anaemia while bleeding from diverticulosis is usually acute and massive . |
| 9 | Breeding is usually possible when the fish are around 4 cm in length . |
| 10 | The main clinical sign in both Type I and Type II disease is a profuse watery diarrhoea and in Type I , where calves are at grass , this is usually persistent and has a characteristic bright green colour . |
| 11 | As regards Yugoslav exports , the values reported by Yugoslavia were usually lower than the values of imports from Yugoslavia reported by the partner countries — but frequently so much lower as to be implausible . |
| 12 | Overheads ( rent , rates etc ) are usually lower than they would be in a town centre , where sites are expensive |
| 13 | The commission charged is usually lower than for advisory and discretionary business . |
| 14 | Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers . |
| 15 | As the packing density is usually lower than this and the number of records per cylinder greater , overflow from a cylinder is not usually a problem . |
| 16 | Net interest includes interest payable on precious metal loans ( often referred to as metal ‘ leases ’ ) where rates are usually lower than money loans . |
| 17 | In earlier phases of a market society some advertising , usually specific or classified , existed in the margins of other cultural institutions , and drew on some general cultural skills . |
| 18 | My first impressions about them are usually right and I can also tell if someone 's pretty without seeing them . ’ |
| 19 | As regards my right hon. Friend 's personal position , he is usually right and he is inevitably honourable . |
| 20 | To see [ Brief Encounter ] again … at the Baker Street Classic , is to see another film entirely … the audience in this usually polite and certainly middle-class hall could n't restrain its derision and repeatedly burst into angry exasperated laughter … a well-spoken young lady … finally cried out ‘ Where the hell is Milford Junction anyway ? ’ |
| 21 | The oesophagus is usually muscular and pumps food into the intestine . |
| 22 | Early judgements are usually emotional and based around three areas : |
| 23 | This was usually watery and offensive with occasional mucus or blood staining . |
| 24 | If you look at a bar code it will normally be accompanied by a long number ( usually eight or thirteen digits long ) . |
| 25 | This means that the enquirer is generating data and making interpretations of material which is usually repressed and made unconscious because it is emotionally painful to articulate it . |
| 26 | Such data are usually extensive and a good deal of compression can be achieved by working in fixed format mode where each item of data for a sample unit occupies its own particular field ( position ) in the line being typed . |
| 27 | Mosaic panels are usually 300 or 450mm ( 12 or 18in ) square , while planks are generally 75 or 100mm ( 3 or 4in ) wide , and come in a range of lengths to allow joins to be staggered from one row to the next . |
| 28 | Communications are therefore usually direct and easy , and the staff are able to relate their work personally to that of other departments . |
| 29 | Bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless people is usually overcrowded and insanitary , and yet some London boroughs have been paying £250 a week for a single room . |
| 30 | It is usually 2 or 3 times longer than it is wide , and can measure anything from 12′ to 24′ long and 6′ to 8′ wide ( 3.66/7.32 × 1.83/2.44m ) . |