Example sentences of "is usually [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general conceptual boundary-fixing approach would seem to be indicated for charity , because the concept is organic , reflecting contemporary public views of public interest , and because the principal if not the sole issue is usually whether the trust is or is not charitable . |
| 2 | When demand outstrips supply by the widest margin , the reason is usually that the original seller is trying to rig the market — as at the FA Cup final , or Wimbledon . |
| 3 | The explanation is usually that the top variety — the scion — is encouraged to put out its own roots , and then you have two lots of root and a better plant . |
| 4 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 5 | Most tied cottages are located on farms rather than in the village itself , so within the village the most important housing mix is usually that between privately owned and local authority housing . |
| 6 | When we turn from labour supply to labour intensity , the contrast made by historians is usually that between pre-industrial work rhythms and those of the factory economy . |
| 7 | When a special tool has been developed , it is usually because nothing else will do the job as well . |
| 8 | ‘ Where strikes do occur it is usually because of a serious problem at work . |
| 9 | Because of this , when Muslim children are not withdrawn from religious education lessons it is usually because the parents are not aware of these lessons . |
| 10 | When the communicating classes get something wrong , it is usually because of their prejudices . |
| 11 | A small proportion of people develop a headache after lumbar puncture but this is usually because they have been too active too soon after the test . |
| 12 | It is rare for such declarations to be made — but that is usually because people have n't given any thought as to how best to behave and therefore have nothing to declare . |
| 13 | If they do drive over the legal limit , it is usually because they are left with no other way to get home and they worry about parental reaction if they are late getting home . |
| 14 | If training officers who devote their full time to training are rare , it is usually because they combine the role of training officer with other functions . |
| 15 | This is usually because they 've never thought much about Christianity and the only opinions that they have got are ones that they 've picked up from their parent(s) or the TV . |
| 16 | This is usually because they have not been adjusted correctly , something has loosened in use or they have not been put on correctly in the first place . |
| 17 | A few people take elocution or voice projection and control lessons , but this is usually because they are interested in a career on the stage , rather than because they want to improve their communication skills . |
| 18 | This is usually because the vision in one of her eyes is less good than the other and the brain has ‘ switched off ’ this eye , letting the better one do all the work . |
| 19 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 20 | Well , whenever women are at a disadvantage it is usually because somebody has put them there . |
| 21 | The guideline for division of any race is usually when entries reach double the safety factor , but the Dunston have sensibly taken the decision to divide their Maiden even though the original entry of 29 falls one short of this maxim . |
| 22 | The procedure for receiving stock is usually as follows : |
| 23 | The main owner of such schools is usually and indirectly the Church of Ireland , and current expenditure and salaries are provided by the state , with the board of governors presided over by the local minister . |
| 24 | The presence of oxygen , not usually cited as the cause of a fire , is put forward as having caused a fire in a laboratory or a space satellite for the reason that oxygen is usually and by intention excluded from some apparatus or chamber . |