Example sentences of "not usually " in BNC.

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1 It communicates the moods , sentiments and behaviour of young people meeting to enjoy each other 's company as young people always do though not usually to Chopin 's romantic music .
2 This means that , where GaAs meets the insulating layer , electrons can exist at energies not usually allowable in plain old n-type GaAs .
3 He has been savaged throughout his visit to Rome by an unusual alliance of fundamentalist Protestants and Tory MPs not usually known for their theological knowledge or zeal .
4 Waiting in the Methodist Hall to rehearse the roles of CS Lewis and the woman he spent three blissful years with before her death , Joy Davidman , were Nigel Hawthorne and Jane Lapotaire , another pair of stars not usually to be found out west .
5 Chefs are not usually noted for their even-temper and calmess , however , and Bohringer 's sleepy-eyed nature was at odds with this .
6 When they shed leaves because of drought , trees do not usually bother with all the razzmatazz of colouring them beforehand .
7 Everybody 's been doing it , but they 've not thought about it as a design process and they have not usually brought people with design skills into the team to make these things happen better .
8 So , while product development has been impressive , and confirms a certain level of re-investment , it does not usually lead to development of medium-sized businesses with tangible assets .
9 In the villages of Pakistan , a woman working outside her home does not usually come across men unrelated to her and because of this , group or family identity is not endangered .
10 Building and running a stadium that would hold tens of thousands of spectators was an expensive business and not usually a profitable one .
11 ‘ You only have your own narrow vision — and that 's not usually a good thing .
12 But fundamentalists are not usually hypocrites .
13 Their manager 's distress on hearing the draw could have something to do with the fact that Messiahs are not usually expected to rework old miracles .
14 The air force and the diminutive navy do not usually participate in these acts of manual labour , but are severely hampered by financial constraints .
15 Controlling ammonia emissions and ending tax-breaks for commuters who drive their cars to work are not usually the kind of issues which sends voters raging into the polling booths .
16 Official figures do not usually include animals that escape or are released from the nets but have nevertheless been mortally wounded .
17 Giving up is not usually the American way , but it does have some attractions .
18 Muslims are just as divided as Christians : by ethnic origin ( they hail from areas as far apart as Turkey and Nigeria ) ; by language ( as well as Arabic , their native tongues include Urdu , Bengali , Hausa , Swahili and Farsi ) ; by doctrine ( three-quarters are Shias and the rest are Sunnis ) ; by money ( Kuwaiti bankers do not usually invite Bradford textile-workers to their Knightsbridge dinner parties ) ; and by politics .
19 Unlike the cross-shareholdings seen in America in the era of Pierpont Morgan , the links are not usually between competitors so do not necessarily indicate a cartel .
20 ‘ Well , they 're not usually powerful enough to change things by themselves , see .
21 On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice :
22 this was not usually the case with ancient coin series .
23 Joins on silver or gold objects made with silver and gold solders can not usually be distinguished by radiography because they are approximately the same density as the metals they join , although they can sometimes be identified by colour difference or porosity when seen at high magnification .
24 The separation of husband and wife after childbirth is also beneficial , because the time immediately after giving birth is not usually when a woman feels like having sex , and time can be devoted to bonding with the baby .
25 Are there healthier , low-fat , low-sugar foods or drinks available that you do not usually notice ?
26 People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) .
27 However , the genes brought in by a plasmid do not usually become a permanent part of the bacterium 's own chromosome .
28 ‘ Was I a naughty girl to ask for champagne ? ’ she enquired , certain in the knowledge that children 's misdemeanours are not usually regarded seriously .
29 France 's top tax level of 61 per cent , though fractionally higher than Labour 's top rate , only bites at £80,000 a year , so it does not usually effect people such as engineers , doctors , or middle managers .
30 Should the collar of the soil pipe ( if it has one ) break , this is not usually detrimental with today 's couplings , as long as the inside of the pipe is not cracked .
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