Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [is] usually " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oral shield is usually small , rounded , triangular except the madreporite which is usually large . |
| 2 | Pre-operative preparation is usually minimal , involving the administration of a premedication and preparation of the abdominal skin as well as general pre-operative measures , e.g. withholding diet and fluids . |
| 3 | But I talked to psychologist about it , and she said it 's a lot more interesting than that , what you 're forgetting is , that change is usually perceived as criticism , what 's wrong with the way we 've been doing things . |
| 4 | The total strip is usually over one metre wide . |
| 5 | The outer-arc ridge is usually a submarine feature but in a few cases , such as Barbados in the West Indies and Middleton Island in the Aleutian Arc in Alaska , parts of it are exposed above sea level . |
| 6 | The lower foot is usually placed at about 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock to the slope . |
| 7 | The sole practitioner is usually working on one or two assignments at a time and consequently can keep track of costs and profitability relatively simply . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Each term is usually given together with terms which are related to it in one of a number of ways . |
| 10 | Dry weight is usually the biologist 's preferred measure as it avoids the effect of short-term fluctuations in water content and gives a good indication of the quantity of energy fixed . |
| 11 | At a fast eating pace and with a minimum amount of chewing — and very little chewing is usually required with refined sugary and starchy foods — an awful lot of calories can be consumed in five minutes . |
| 12 | Private practice is usually a business partnership of solicitors who work together . |
| 13 | The end result of areal geological research is usually a geological map of an area , since the map is the primary method of recording , displaying and publishing geological data . |
| 14 | Research within this paradigm is usually focused on finding out which language is used in which domain by particular subgroups of speakers — for example , different generations within one community ; in Fishman 's famous phrase , " who speaks what language to whom and when ? " ( 1965 ) . |
| 15 | In practice , family care of this kind is usually provided by women . |
| 16 | Commentary of this kind is usually very carefully and skilfully scripted to match the pictures it accompanies . |
| 17 | Prose narrative of the Middle Ages is overwhelmingly in Latin ; vernacular narrative is usually in verse . |
| 18 | This part is usually turned away from the investigator . |
| 19 | This correction is usually negligible for the most marriageable age groups . |
| 20 | Any styling effort applied to sopping wet hair is usually unnecessary and wastes a lot of time . |
| 21 | This course is usually taken by students in the first year of their University of Edinburgh Doctoral programme . |
| 22 | Members might like to note that the first half hour is usually a chance to chat ; we try to get the talks under way by eight o'clock . |
| 23 | Doing theoretical physics is usually a two-step process . |
| 24 | The drafting of a detailed contract is usually undertaken , in the first instance , by the intending purchaser 's lawyers . |
| 25 | The mechanism of change , the cultural ‘ instruction ’ as Cloak ( 1975 ) calls it , has much the same function in the historical process as genes have had in biological evolution , but the ‘ instruction ’ in cultural change is usually an acquired behavioural injunction existing in a world of meanings : the cognitive , although not always conscious , appreciation of their social environment by a human community . |
| 26 | This description is usually called the Data Definition Language ( DDL ) of the particular DBMS . |
| 27 | The marked term is usually short , learned early in life , resistant to acculturative replacement , morphologically simple , generic ( as opposed to specific ) , commonly used , phonologically and orthographically simple ; and the unmarked term displays all the reverse characteristics . |
| 28 | For abdominal and pelvic operations , an empty bowel is usually required ( if the patient is constipated , a mild laxative or 2 glycerine suppositories will usually ensure the bowel is emptied ) . |
| 29 | The origin of this term is usually attributed to Enthoven ( 1985a ) , who explained his proposals thus : |
| 30 | The motive behind this action is usually to reduce the chances of a police check of two on a motor bicycle . |