Example sentences of "[art] usual [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way the study diverges from the usual tradition of elite studies where emphasis has been placed on ideological response or constituency service as the key to understanding the adoption of attitudes in such an elite . |
| 2 | To this must be appended the usual qualification of ‘ Congress willing , ’ but , if anything , the current US Congress exceeds Reagan in pro-science fervour . |
| 3 | All except one are common seals and , as the autumn moult approaches , they show the usual variation of colours . |
| 4 | For simplicity , let us first discuss the undamped oscillations of a mechanical system having n degrees of freedom , the equations of motion of which have been derived by Lagrangian methods from energy considerations ; they will appear , in the usual notation of dynamics , as unc Here x is the column of coordinates ; in what follows , we assume the last element x to be non-nodal ( if it is not , it can be made so by rewriting the equations in a different order ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Encyclopaedia ’ might give the impression of the usual rag-bag of independently-written articles stitched together in alphabetical order . |
| 6 | The photographer shot the usual roll of pictures ; the President gave me a firm , friendly handshake . |
| 7 | Clearly well-spoken female gardeners were not the usual clientèle of this hospital . |
| 8 | Besides those things which a partner is actually authorised to do by the terms of the partnership , any other of his acts which would be part of the usual conduct of a business of the type carried on by his firm will also be binding . |
| 9 | They did n't ask if there had been any strange behaviour patterns , difficulties with school work , or inexplicable changes in the usual conduct of any of the children . |
| 10 | Particularly interesting queries or answers will win for those responsible the usual bottle of very passable claret ( or some other tipple if you do n't like claret ) . |
| 11 | There was the usual row of fossilized and frozen would-be passengers , and one of the children there shrieked as he saw Darren . |
| 12 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
| 13 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 14 | This was not unreasonable as the changing room was the usual scrum of bodies with shirts , ties and the occasional boot flying through the air . |
| 15 | The group had followed the usual procedure of a claim followed by proof of abduction . |
| 16 | Climbing outside the usual circuit of The Pass , The Lakes , Stanage etc can be a real boost to your enjoyment and , I think , to your performance . |
| 17 | The next few weeks were the usual scurry of fitting and fixturing . |
| 18 | Ianthe was surprised not to fed the usual pang of nostalgia as she glanced down towards Westminster Cathedral . |
| 19 | As it was a special fundraising dance instead of the regularly fortnightly hop , a three-piece band had been brought in to replace the usual stack of gramophone records and there was ‘ real food ’ — fishpaste sandwiches , sausage rolls and cheese and pineapple on sticks — which the ‘ committee ’ had spent the entire afternoon preparing . |
| 20 | Like the working-class area to which it is geographically close , the nearest shopping centre contains department stores and supermarkets , along with the usual variety of smaller shops . |
| 21 | Worms are eagerly taken , but the usual variety of beef-hearted , strips of fish , and feeder shrimps will also be eaten quite happily . |
| 22 | With the usual lack of euphemism , the overseers enter the rubric ‘ Dead ’ against her name at the beginning of 1786 ; their accounts for 10 January indicate that it had cost them the grand sum of 3s. 9d. to bury three paupers : ‘ West Wife ; Titford and Robbans ’ . |
| 23 | Four of 252 's Beaufighters had been destroyed on the ground during air raids while on Malta and the remaining four left on the same day for Gibraltar on the first leg of the flight back to England , each carrying three aboard instead of the usual crew of two . |
| 24 | Their only foe had been the usual plague of flies who had to be slaughtered on a regular basis . |
| 25 | They should rather be given explicit knowledge , thus preventing the usual defence of a claim of ignorance . |
| 26 | A man with a little tin cart was keeping our beautiful city clean , like it says on the posters , watched by the usual couple of loafers , one of them sitting on a fire hydrant . |
| 27 | Hotels are the usual choice of venue and were used in some cases . |
| 28 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 29 | The Swiss outbreak is puzzling scientists , who can find no evidence that any of the 28 cows that have died so far of BSE have eaten any food originating in another European country , the usual route of infection . |
| 30 | Not forever , of course — not with the usual turn-over of Famlio personnel . |