Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it [is] usually [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Alternatively , where a local plan is in existence it is usually stated policy to confine certain types of industry to particular areas , restricting land use in and around residential areas to that of a ‘ light industrial ’ nature within Class III of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ; defined as :
2 The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past .
3 The term ‘ further education ’ ( FE ) is used sometimes in a general sense to cover all post-school education , but in practice it is usually differentiated from higher education ( study at universities , polytechnics and colleges of higher education ) , and divided into the categories of non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) , which means A-level standard or below , and advanced further education ( AFE ) which is above A level or its equivalent .
4 In industry it is usually done with portable meters which measure the electrical resistance between two needles pressed into the wood and thus give the answer much more quickly .
5 From these definitions you will see that crime and delinquency are one form of deviance ( strictly speaking , delinquency refers to anti-social and illegal behaviour , but in sociology it is usually linked with ‘ juvenile ’ and used to refer to the criminality and misconduct of youths ) .
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