Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [be] usually " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within twenty minutes I was usually home at Frenchay , having a meal with Caroline and the children . |
| 2 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 3 | One of the greatest challenges is to convince ourselves and others that the lenses of the spectacles we are usually sold may seriously distort the picture we see . |
| 4 | In our work roles we are usually restricted to visual ( non-verbal ) and auditory ( verbal ) clues about each other . |
| 5 | My agent is not the brightest of creatures , though like many middlemen in most trades he is usually able to hide this big hole in his mind with his trendy patter and strategic placing of the latest fashionable phrase or concept . |
| 6 | TO BE sure of getting value for money in rugby books it is usually good policy to lash out on a yearbook or an expensive work of reference . |
| 7 | In these circumstances we are usually investigating a finite population and therefore a sampling frame ( i.e. a list of population members ) may well exist . |
| 8 | On the other hand , although some research journals can be slow in publishing articles they are usually published quarterly , with the object of providing up-to-date findings . |
| 9 | When other staff are away Margaret appears to be left keeping the ship afloat by answering messages , doing jobs that are not really hers , and by the end of most days she is usually totally exhausted . |
| 10 | Picasso worked mostly from memory , but when he used models for his figure pieces they were usually people he knew well , his friends and mistresses . |
| 11 | This is because in any sample of right handers it is usually found that a considerable proportion of subjects do not show the expected right ear superiority for verbal material . |
| 12 | If we can be reasonably confident about what the world is like , it is because our different perceptions , and the perceptions of different people , are consistent , and , most important , because if we test our perceptions they are usually confirmed : if I see a pile of books on a table , then there are tangible books - when I walk over to them . |
| 13 | Also when it refers to financial or economic affairs it is usually only bad news . |
| 14 | With capillary fittings it is usually impossible to resolder a leading joint because the pipe will contain some water . |
| 15 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 16 | When people draft contracts they are usually keen to limit or exclude their liabilities and yet wish to ensure that the other party was absolutely bound to perform his part of the contract . |
| 17 | Weekends we 're usually booked up in advance , you see , even in the close season . |
| 18 | You know you do n't get that many liquids it 's usually for children is n't it ? |
| 19 | In those cases it is usually due to hormonal imbalance , for which medication is necessary . |
| 20 | However , quite apart from the fact that such a statement does not accommodate cases of emergency — cases where the defendant 's unlawful conduct could , unless restrained , cause serious and irreparable harm before trial , as for example where the defendant threatens to cut down a tree in breach of a tree preservation order — in other cases it is usually not so much the flagrancy of the breach as the fact that the defendant intends to persist in offending unless restrained by an injunction , which justifies the invocation of that form of relief : see City of London Corporation v. Bovis Construction Ltd . |
| 21 | The next word of warning is that in negotiations with opponents it is usually prudent not to give commitments without a package settlement . |
| 22 | Repeated notes , both in groups of twos and threes , are a characteristic feature of horn writing , and though passages requiring considerable agility are to be found in most modern scores they are usually well and safely doubled by other instruments , as they are apt to sound woolly and ill-defined in shape if left to the horns alone . |
| 23 | Seeking to unravel police decision-making in relation to the classification of crimes , McCabe and Sutcliffe ( ibid. ) admitted that as outsiders they were usually not quick enough to grasp the nuances of what was taking place before them . |
| 24 | Because of this , when Muslim children are not withdrawn from religious education lessons it is usually because the parents are not aware of these lessons . |
| 25 | Children it 's usually safest to leave it to children but not every family warrants that there are circumstances that mitigate against . |
| 26 | However , in smaller hotels they are usually located in the reception office . |
| 27 | If charges are made for certain services they are usually nominal and have little impact on the level of services offered . |
| 28 | Since under national legal systems it is usually stipulated that the place in which the association is established is to be the place of performance of obligations arising out of the act of becoming a member , the application of article 5(1) of the Convention also has practical advantages : the court for the place in which the association has its seat is in fact usually the best fitted to understand the documents of constitution , rules and decisions of the association , and also the circumstances out of which the dispute arose . |
| 29 | In the case of glass the important defect is usually the surface crack , in the case of brittle crystals it is usually the surface step . |
| 30 | I was slightly surprised that he should get to the front so early , in his other races he 's usually slow to get going . |