Example sentences of "[is] usually [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When organisms learn naturally it is usually through a mixture of these and other slightly different types of learning . |
| 2 | Geologists have found water deeper than 10 kilometres , but the greatest depth at which water actively circulates is usually about a kilometre . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The most efficient predators may take animals as large as or larger than themselves , but this is usually as a result of communal hunting , for example amongst the mammalian carnivores . |
| 5 | When it emerges from below ground , a basalt lava is usually at a temperature of about 1,100 degrees C , and it glows fiercely reddish yellow , the colour of molten metal poured from a furnace . |
| 6 | It does this with a strong suck and , since the bait is usually on a hair-rig , the hook is also drawn well into the mouth . |
| 7 | Their evidence suggests that , whilst people do exchange support with more distant kin , it is usually on a fairly small scale and whether one does this is treated as optional not obligatory . |
| 8 | ‘ One occasionally sees a comment regarding cut-rate estate agency prices ; however , this is usually for a reason , either buying business or desperation . |
| 9 | Equally , the discomfort associated with gonorrhoea is usually of a greater order , and men who have suffered repeated attacks of both infections can usually tell which infection it is that they have on any given occasion . |
| 10 | We find the process simultaneously tiring , frustrating and rewarding when , at the end of tussling with some problems , we reach a shared view and a commitment to that view , which is usually of a different order to that which we can achieve by any other means . |
| 11 | The relationship between an entity CUSTOMER and another entity ORDER is usually of a degree one-to-many ( 1:m ) . |
| 12 | Apart from the small elastic strains which recover when the load is taken off brittle solids do not distort before failure and fracture is usually by a crack or cracks which run cleanly through the material . |
| 13 | There was n't any reason why he 'd want her out of the way , but when you get to be big in his business , the only exit is usually from a prone position , and guys like him develop a tendency to think the same way about people playing the smaller parts . |
| 14 | The best way to buy them is usually from a trained homeopathist or a knowledgeable specialist shop . |
| 15 | COOK 'S NOTE : Risotto rice is generally served slightly wet ( see Rice , p57 ) and is usually in a fairly rib-sticking form ! |
| 16 | His topographical drawings are most exact and particularly in his sketches of villages and houses some sense of intimacy is achieved , although it is usually in a grand setting . |
| 17 | on the other hand , a school with a high rate of staff turnover can not usually afford to wait for a consensus and readiness that may never come ; and a staff hand-picked in a new school , or for a new school situation such as amalgamation or unstreaming , is usually in a mood for bigger adventures . |
| 18 | This is usually alongside a lawyer from the children 's panel , rather than one with experience in criminal cases . |
| 19 | It 's usually on a starts the Friday till the Monday does n't it |
| 20 | And then on the platform every week there 's a evacuation drill where it 's usually on a Sunday night or a Saturday night it was changed to recently . |
| 21 | there are occasions where people do go into houses er that 's usually through a door that 's left open . |