Example sentences of "[noun] [is] usually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transperitoneal approach to the gall bladder is usually avoided because of the risk of intraperitoneal bile leakage or bowel perforation . |
| 2 | The immediate remedy is usually to petition for winding up in the public interest , so that a provisional liquidator ( the Official Receiver ) can be appointed , halting the company 's activities . |
| 3 | The annual event which brings together many of the 2,000 worldwide members of the association is usually held in America . |
| 4 | The procuticle is usually pierced by very numerous pore-canals which run perpendicularly to its surface and are initially occupied by cytoplasmic filaments from the epidermis , though they may later become filled with cuticular material . |
| 5 | Female sterilisation is usually carried out in hospital or in a well-equipped clinic . |
| 6 | Fault-response rule reasoning is usually adopted when a ‘ shallow ’ representation of a system is adopted . |
| 7 | The principle of independence in monist reasoning is usually coupled with an attempt to interpret relations as a sub-class of properties and expressive of certain purely internal features of their terms , or what is sometimes referred to as the doctrine of the " internality of relations " . |
| 8 | Feedback is usually produced on results ie on the outputs of the system . |
| 9 | Feedback is usually produced from the results , or outputs , of the system . |
| 10 | False consciousness is usually referred to by Marx by the term ‘ ideology ’ and that is how the word will be used in this book . |
| 11 | An ‘ active ’ volcano is usually regarded as one which has erupted at least once in historic times . |
| 12 | The martyrdom of Husain , as the Karbala episode is usually described , is commemorated early in each Muslim New Year for the first ten days of the month of Muharram : in Shiite communities men form processions , bare to the waist , beating themselves with whips and chains until their bodies run with blood , chanting a recitation of the events of 680 . |
| 13 | Fluid loss is usually accompanied by electrolyte loss . |
| 14 | Modulation to keys on the flat side is usually limited only to the subdominant , so that a chord progression something like the following is used : |
| 15 | Reminiscence is usually carried out with five to six people . |
| 16 | A pen-plotter normally has built-in firmware that will automatically join two points with a straight line ; the command is usually JOIN ( X1 , Y1 , X2 , Y2 ) . |
| 17 | The command is usually stated in full , eg ‘ hold down Alt and tap U for underlining . |
| 18 | For turning right-angled bends , a better result is usually obtained using an elbow or slow bend ( see page 24 ) . |
| 19 | The capacity in mls is usually imprinted into the glass at the base of the bottle . |
| 20 | In the United Kingdom an MP wanting to retain his seat is usually re-adopted as a candidate . |
| 21 | ( iii ) Programme format The format of the programme is usually held constant throughout the series . |
| 22 | The minority still have a right to object to the court but that opposition is usually known and dealt with before the bidder becomes committed to acquire any shares in the target . |
| 23 | Confirmation is usually requested where the exporter is unsure of the standing of the foreign bank or is concerned about ‘ country risk ’ — will the country run out of foreign exchange and be unable to pay ? |
| 24 | As we shall see in chapter 11 , such non-constant variability is usually dealt with by a power transformation of the scale of measurement . |
| 25 | The creative department is usually run by a creative director who is , ideally , a working director , performing primarily either a copy or an art function within a team , as well as setting standards and providing guidance and inspiration to the rest of the department . |
| 26 | They ignore that what is learned at Highlander is usually tested in real life , and under the eye of unrelenting opponents , not in the classroom under the eye of a tutor . ’ |
| 27 | This instrument is usually designated in scores by the abbreviation Fag. , its Italian name being Fagotto . |
| 28 | Scientific research is usually carried out by a team of scientists , often from several disciplines who work together , each of whom contributing something to the whole . |
| 29 | Where Newco issues debentures in exchange for Target shares , an attempt is usually made to structure these so that they do not constitute " qualifying corporate bonds " as defined in s117 TCGA 1992 . |
| 30 | This is usually a standard ten per cent in contracts but in practice is usually agreed at five per cent . |