Example sentences of "it is usually " in BNC.
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| 31 | In real life , people 's reactions are much more confused and muddled , but it is usually possible to see the patterns described , even though the individual 's particular experience is unique . |
| 32 | As we have said , when bereavement care is thought of , it is usually the spouse that we have in mind as needing support , and indeed they are likely to be the ones asking for care . |
| 33 | Although it may seem that her greatest loss may be that of her husband , it is usually recognized that she may well be unable to look at the implications of his death until she has dealt with those that happened before he died . |
| 34 | For the first three days after a foal is born it is usually fairly accepting of the world around it , and it is of considerable advantage to us to make use of these three days to teach the foal that we are friendly and trustworthy . |
| 35 | Regular polygons represent matter in its coldest state , whereas it is usually more energetic in plastic , viscous , liquid , gaseous and volatile forms in which particles readily inflect , deflect and jostle one another . |
| 36 | From the cell body of a neurone there emerge two kinds of processes : relatively short dendrites which carry messages towards the cell body , and a single axon , which may be a metre in length , although in the brain it is usually much shorter , which carries signals away from the cell body . |
| 37 | It is usually paid for via state-funded organisations and can at least be relied on even if it can be at times both economically and spiritually unrewarding . |
| 38 | Call it a rites-of-passage novel , a coming-of-age novel or a coming-out novel , it is usually a writer 's way of exploring how the early years can irritate to life the otherwise dormant sensitivities that produce the itch to write fiction . |
| 39 | THE Questor Selection offers readers a choice of shares suitable for inclusion in long-term portfolios , with execution — only broker services provided through our arrangements with ShareLink — although it is usually not worth dealing in sums below £1,000 . |
| 40 | It is usually sooner , though the back nine on Sunday might well do it — even the 72nd hole . |
| 41 | The Face runs on a shoestring but sits on the same shelf as Vogue and Vanity Fair , the shiny starships of megalomedia , and it is usually better looking , nearly always a better read . |
| 42 | It is usually the teenage years that create the biggest parental conflicts over friends . |
| 43 | When the communicating classes get something wrong , it is usually because of their prejudices . |
| 44 | When tough new laws are announced , it is usually with the refrain ‘ The innocent have nothing to fear , as long as they can prove it ’ . |
| 45 | It is usually the experimental scientist who seizes on a theory as a tool to help interpret the properties of systems inaccessible by experiment . |
| 46 | With capillary fittings it is usually impossible to resolder a leading joint because the pipe will contain some water . |
| 47 | To identify them it is usually essential to clean off most of the enclosing rock , otherwise one can be misled by superficial resemblance . |
| 48 | The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period . |
| 49 | In fact there is nothing fixed about such interpretations , because the way the fossils are understood may change over the years , but it is usually some time before new discoveries percolate into the popular presentations . |
| 50 | Fortunately it is usually easy to spot such intruders . |
| 51 | Look in the locker under the passenger seat for its original colour as it is usually not repainted in a respray . . |
| 52 | It is usually obscured by oil and mud but is just visible through the hatch under the middle seat . |
| 53 | It is usually to relatives that the peasant migrating to the city turns for help in the new and frightening environment . |
| 54 | Here it is usually overwhelmed by indigenous microbes . ) |
| 55 | It is usually a three foot rod , often beautifully carved as a love token , onto which the prepared material is bound by a ribbon , traditionally red for a girl , blue for a married woman . |
| 56 | It is usually assumed ( see e.g. LoLordo and Ross 1987 ; Ross and LoLordo 1987 ) that such explicit training is necessary for a stimulus to acquire modulatory , occasion-setting properties ( but see also Bonardi ( 1989 , 1991 ) ) . |
| 57 | Whatever the politics of decision-making within the household , male dominated , elder-dominated , or more egalitarian , it is usually necessary to pursue these enquiries first . |
| 58 | It is usually better to pre-treat areas with a hand sprayer to allow adequate contact time . |
| 59 | It is usually formed from lightweight prefabricated sections which are locked together to form scaffolding of the desired length and height on which boarding is placed for the working area . |
| 60 | Where problems associated with water penetration have occurred on mastic asphalt roofs , it is usually as a result of failure from one or more of the following : incorrectly detailed or ignored movement joints , penetration through parapet walls , wrongly positioned or damaged damp proof courses , blocked rainwater outlets , condensation , failure to provide a suitable finish , or physical damage in use . |