Example sentences of "this [is] usually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is usually done by chemically inducing a thin surface coating of corrosion . |
| 2 | This is usually done in order to reassure the patient ( e.g. explaining that it is customary for a person 's interest in sex to be impaired when depressed ) . |
| 3 | This is usually done by questioning to assist recall . |
| 4 | This is usually done by the subjective judgment of the officer concerned . |
| 5 | * This is usually done by chilling the outside of the hot glass by means of air jets . |
| 6 | ( this is usually done when the carriage is at the right , when there is one more row to knit before changing colour ) . |
| 7 | This is usually done at a clinic or hospital . |
| 8 | This is usually done easily enough . |
| 9 | This is usually done by a guillotine that cuts back a bundle of a dozen or so plants at a time , and it is not unusual to find the cut ends chopped and bruised rather roughly . |
| 10 | This is usually done by the lionesses . |
| 11 | This is usually done by sliding , especially for covering short distances , whether in attack or defence . |
| 12 | This is usually done by incorporating the provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925 , s196 , or those of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 , s23 . |
| 13 | This is usually done . |
| 14 | The particulars must also be confirmed by or on behalf of the clearing member , and again this is usually done for him by the exchange 's electronic system . |
| 15 | This is usually explained by the presence of sand , a soil type not liked by phylloxera , but , curiously , there are also some wall-enclosed vineyards which shelter phylloxera-free , ungrafted vines . |
| 16 | This is usually undertaken by applying current global prevalence rates to projected future population structures . |
| 17 | When numerical data is used for making generalizations about the world this is usually based on limited information or samples . |
| 18 | This is usually expressed in terms of pushing an activity underground ( eg pornography ) or into the backstreets ( eg abortion ) or abroad ( eg experiments on embryos ) . |
| 19 | Again this is usually expressed as a percentage . |
| 20 | This is usually expressed in terms of their having replacement ratios of over 100 per cent . |
| 21 | Within Eastern traditions this is usually expressed in the language of self-transcendence , annihilating the ego . |
| 22 | ( i ) Title music Combined with a title design , this is usually repeated at the beginning and the end of each programme and helps give it an identity . |
| 23 | This is usually caused by ill-treatment with chemicals , heat or styling aids . |
| 24 | This is usually achieved by extending the main house downpipe above the roof ( and covering it with a bird grill ) . |
| 25 | The examples also demonstrate the complexity of the family situations which are referred to social workers , if a situation can be resolved by commonsense solutions , and talking through with friends and relatives , then this is usually achieved privately . |
| 26 | This is usually achieved easily enough by line breeding , though if the mutated genes are not dominant only a percentage of each brood is likely to be of the new form . |
| 27 | This is usually achieved by having an inspection chamber — fitted with a manhole cover — wherever a connection is made to the drain , wherever there is a junction between drains or wherever the drain itself changes direction or gradient . |
| 28 | This is usually referred to as the catastrophic version ; and today this has few , if any , adherents . |
| 29 | We can confine ourselves to models of the random coil , as this is usually believed to be most appropriate for synthetic polymers ; other models — rods , discs , spheres , spheroids — are also postulated , but need not concern us at this level . |
| 30 | The purpose of this is usually to allow students the opportunity to use language they know in a less controlled situation . |