Example sentences of "[is] usually [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bell is usually serviced by a main umbilical with individual diver umbilicals terminating in the bell . |
| 2 | But cocks can not stand much bad weather , and the portion on the ground is usually spoiled . |
| 3 | ALTHOUGH traditionally the Speaker is a figure who presides impartially over the Commons , his election by the whole House is usually influenced by strong party political currents . |
| 4 | The choice of working fluid , unless dictated by the available standard equipment , is usually influenced by two considerations , the achievement of the desired values of the governing non-dimensional parameters and the performance of flow transducers . |
| 5 | Decentralisation is usually examined from two perspectives : |
| 6 | The resulting mull , which should be optically clear , is usually examined as a thin film , pressed between two salt windows . |
| 7 | The command is usually stated in full , eg ‘ hold down Alt and tap U for underlining . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | The digi-terror which still afflicts we analogue-minded guitarists is , in reality , founded on common sense , not , as is usually stated , on our well-documented Luddite tendencies . |
| 10 | The security market line is usually stated in terms of rates of return but , as discussed in Section 7.1 , the notion of a rate of return for futures has proved problematic . |
| 11 | The solvent is usually compounded with an anionic or non-ionic detergent although amphoterics are sometimes used . |
| 12 | Whereas hypocrisy in the tragic mode is usually revealed to the audience directly , in advance of the action , here Shakespeare makes Angelo declare himself to a second person , Isabella , confident that — as Falstaff says when he is planning his pretence of having killed Hotspur in battle — ‘ Nothing confutes me but e-yes , and nobody sees me ’ ( 1 Henry IV V.iv.125f ) : And indeed , Angelo 's position is impregnable , unless some force from outside , with superior knowledge , can expose him . |
| 13 | If the strike has been timed to perfection — that split second before the bait is ejected — then the fish is usually hooked . |
| 14 | There is a self-characterization here that is comic , and sophisticated , all the more so for being so unobtrusive that it is usually missed . |
| 15 | The taste is good enough to send half a million people a year squirrelling around in the woods of northern Michigan , in search of something that is often no more than a couple of inches high and is usually hidden under a thick pile of forest-floor debris . |
| 16 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 17 | It would be unfair to leave the discussion of the later Wordsworth without a rejoinder to what is usually said . |
| 18 | Galois , it is usually said , coined the word group at this time and introduced the concept of normal subgroup . |
| 19 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 20 | The first constituent of the so-called ‘ toxic mix ’ is usually said to be lifers — prisoners serving sentences of life imprisonment . |
| 21 | What is usually said about the invention of printing is that it greatly expanded an earlier minority culture , and at last made it into a majority culture . |
| 22 | It is usually said that in the voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus we have an example of the bath qol . |
| 23 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 24 | Their recommendation to farmers is usually based upon an ad hoc or more systematic land capability assessment . |
| 25 | When numerical data is used for making generalizations about the world this is usually based on limited information or samples . |
| 26 | This is an important point , since in many libraries selection is part of an integrated approach which also includes acquisition and cataloguing , and the national bibliography 's machine-readable records are used for all these functions ( although the actual selection process is usually based upon the print version ) . |
| 27 | Secondly , the weeding process itself is usually based upon three criteria , described in more detail below . |
| 28 | This sort of ‘ diagnosis ’ is usually based on minimal evidence and does untold harm to the self-confidence of mothers at a time when they most need help and support . |
| 29 | The compensation package offered is usually based on a local salary , which , when converted into sterling , is considerably higher than the workers could earn in the UK . |
| 30 | Referent power The use of the power of others is usually based on admiration of another ( e.g. gods , famous leaders , rock stars ) . |