Example sentences of "is usually [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 2 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 3 | It is usually said that in the voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus we have an example of the bath qol . |
| 4 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 5 | The ‘ Speech Court ’ in the Forest of Dean is still scheduled to be held every forty days , but the verderers ' sittings are formal , and their court is usually adjourned until there is sufficient business . |
| 6 | The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period . |
| 7 | It is usually assumed that this is a deficiency in the enzymes ( see p 18 ) that detoxify foreign chemicals . |
| 8 | It is usually assumed that the aim of group management is to maximise group profit . |
| 9 | For example , hearing impairments provide a common aetiology for linguistic difficulties among deaf children and for this reason it is usually assumed that deaf children will respond to therapy in similar ways . |
| 10 | It is usually assumed that although the ever-increasing indebtedness of the USA can not continue indefinitely , the elimination of the imbalance should not be brought about by sudden and severe adjustment . |
| 11 | It is usually assumed that the ineffable in art is beyond the province of the professional academic scholar . |
| 12 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
| 13 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
| 14 | Edward IV 's financial legacy was not as healthy as is usually assumed and the administration seems to have found itself juggling income and expenditure with more than usual anxiety . |
| 15 | Fault-response rule reasoning is usually adopted when a ‘ shallow ’ representation of a system is adopted . |
| 16 | Once viral genes have become integrated into chromosomes their activity is usually altered or totally suppressed . |
| 17 | Industrial action , for example , is usually seen as reprehensible — ‘ the pressure exerted by trade unions … becomes a threat to democracy rather than part of it ’ — whilst the pressure exerted by business is overlooked . |
| 18 | The work of William Acton is usually seen as representative here . |
| 19 | Whether he or she is welcome or not in the situation ( and , according to circumstance and the individual part of each member in it , the " Welfare " will be seen as a saving and succouring agency , an interfering nuisance or an outright threat ) , the social worker is usually seen as in a position of some power — as in a position to alter the situation or at least to make some expert attempt to alter it . |
| 20 | Unnecessary dependency is usually seen as detrimental to mental health . |
| 21 | A mandatory offer is usually seen as something to be avoided because |
| 22 | The directors of this project found that it was not enough simply to do what is usually done when there is a desire to maximize the performance of paraprofessionals , that is , to provide them with appropriate training . |
| 23 | ( this is usually done when the carriage is at the right , when there is one more row to knit before changing colour ) . |
| 24 | The Cartesian equation for a horizontal parabola is usually given as y ² = 4 ax , where the vertex of the parabola passes through the origin and the curve has one-fold symmetry about the positive x axis . |
| 25 | M36 is usually given as slightly brighter than M37 ; to me it looks fainter , though more condensed , and again there is a hint of resolution with × 20 . |
| 26 | The pig 's range is usually given as Java , Madura and Bawean , but you can subtract Madura now , since that 's been deforested and thus depigged ( de-everythinged , in fact ) . |
| 27 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 28 | It is usually accepted that such milestones were measured from civitas capitals or cities , suggesting that by the AD 270s Water Newton had achieved this rank and was responsible for the local government of its hinterland . |
| 29 | Credit facilities are not normally available as payment is usually made when the goods are ordered . |
| 30 | However , Mill is usually understood as holding that there may be two pleasures of which the less pleasant is the better in virtue of its higher quality , and that it is then morally more important to promote it than the other . |