Example sentences of "it [be] usually [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | postmodernism 's self-reflexiveness can be defended , even on the grounds of responsibility upon which dismissals of it are usually based . |
| 2 | The railway and the many stories about it are usually mentioned in guidebooks as being one of the local points of interest . |
| 3 | So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst . |
| 4 | And er th they used to make some of the batteries up , the cells , the , the used to er I do n't know if you 've ever seen a cell in a battery , it 's usually made up of er wood er lead and wood . |
| 5 | No , no , I use it 's usually fucked . |
| 6 | and it 's usually elected in |
| 7 | It 's usually referred to as neg |
| 8 | We covered this command earlier in the series ; it 's usually placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and reads something like this : |
| 9 | It pretends that there 's single no-fault ground for divorce — that the marriage has irretrievably broken down — but in practice it encourages nearly three-quarters of divorcing couples to rely on fault based grounds — adultery , or unreasonable behaviour as it 's usually called — and then makes it difficult for anybody to defend allegations , irrespective of whether that was the real reason why the marriage broke down . |
| 10 | It 's usually put down to practice ! |
| 11 | At first it will be surrounded and sniffed and if it appears friendly then a good licking follows and if this is accepted by the stranger then it 's usually used for a good old scratch . |
| 12 | Speaking of metronome markings , it 's 40 to the crotchet , and it 's usually taken as 40 to the dotted minim , in short about three times faster , because no one believes the music 's supposed to go so slow . |
| 13 | It is usually stopped from six to fifteen inches from the hook , but this can be increased or decreased for special situations that demand either a longer or shorter tail . |
| 14 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 15 | Galois , it is usually said , coined the word group at this time and introduced the concept of normal subgroup . |
| 16 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 17 | It is usually said that in the voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus we have an example of the bath qol . |
| 18 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 19 | Either staff or other residents may initiate this segregation , and it is usually based on behaviour that is seen as disruptive , so those who are segregated in this way are not necessarily all suffering from dementia . |
| 20 | It is usually based on the percentage of those graduating with ‘ good ’ degrees , ie those who obtain first or upper second class degrees . |
| 21 | The invention and development of the material means of cultural production is a remarkable chapter of human history , yet it is usually underplayed , by comparison with the invention and development of what are more easily seen as forms of material production , in food , tools , shelter and utilities . |
| 22 | It is usually stimulated by agents which increase intracellular cyclic AMP , for example , secretin in the bile and pancreatic ducts and prostaglandin E 2 in the duodenum . |
| 23 | If another male approaches , it is usually chased off immediately . |
| 24 | This condition is known as ‘ familial hypercholesterolaemia ’ ( too much cholesterol in the blood ) and it is usually treated with drugs and a strict diet . |
| 25 | The mantle-crust boundary is marked by the Mohorovicic discontinuity ( or the Moho as it is usually abbreviated ) . |
| 26 | Alternatively , where a local plan is in existence it is usually stated policy to confine certain types of industry to particular areas , restricting land use in and around residential areas to that of a ‘ light industrial ’ nature within Class III of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ; defined as : |
| 27 | For the most part MA atrophies and consequently the media in recent insects is generally MP , although it is usually designated by the symbol M. The Odonata and Plecoptera , however , seem to be unusual in retaining MA and not MP , while further research is needed into the constitution of the media in other Orthopteroid insects . |
| 28 | The British Mesozoic Committee ( who concerned themselves with such matters ) therefore found it impossible to accept the stratotype concept as it is usually proclaimed on the continent . |
| 29 | Because it is an interlocutory judgement it is usually heard before a master of the High Court , and a defendant only has to show a good arguable case for the plaintiff 's application to fail . |
| 30 | Up he went to the ledge overlooking the Dress Circle , on which he was able to take a stance — although today it is usually ignored in the thrust of a runout towards the top . |