Example sentences of "usually [vb pp] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , suicide attempts were usually regarded as implying a wish to die and the existence of mental illness , while less acceptable reasons , such as manipulation of others , were infrequently considered . |
| 2 | For a songwriter , the main advantages of owning a publishing company are usually regarded as keeping total control of , and earning 100 per cent of the income generated by , his or her songs . |
| 3 | The third , which is usually regarded as representing the rung of the ‘ ladder ’ below reckless wounding or GBH ( contrary to section 20 ) but above common assault , is assault occasioning actual bodily harm . |
| 4 | Protostomes , such as annelids and arthropods , are usually regarded as having spiral , determinate embryonic cleavage , and the embryonic blastopore is situated at the rear , at or near the site of the future mouth . |
| 5 | Archaeology is usually regarded as having its beginnings in the mid 16th century with the work of topographers such as John Leland ( 1506–1552 ) who was employed by Henry VIII as ‘ Keeper of King 's Libraries ’ and so travelled extensively . |
| 6 | The planning which made Charlemagne such a successful campaigner was not limited to the organisation of the army 's stomach ; he employed extensive advance information , usually gathered and considered in the year before each campaign . |
| 7 | They are also not usually recognized as having any significance by those responsible for statutory protection measures , particularly if they are suspected of having any connection with leys or other ‘ lunatic fringe ’ ideas . |
| 8 | In England , English is the language in which other subjects ( apart from foreign languages ) are usually taught and learned . |
| 9 | The P Note , usually rolled and tied with ribbon , is presented and received with two hands , bows are repeated , and the creditor 's representative may then leave , having shown suitable gratitude for the debtor 's benevolence throughout the performance . |
| 10 | Isis was usually depicted as wearing a large pair of cow 's horns — an animal which was sacred to her — between which a disc representing the moon was suspended . |
| 11 | The orang-utan , gorilla , and chimpanzee are usually depicted as arising from a stock separate from that leading to man . |
| 12 | Most bills never re-emerge from committee ; those that do may be altered beyond recognition , and during floor debate , on those lucky enough to get that far , changes are not usually made that go against the wishes of the relevant committee . |
| 13 | The criminal law includes and reflects our proper stance against ‘ murderous ’ acts of terrorism conducted by people who are usually exploited or oppressed by forces of occupation . |
| 14 | The radial shields are large and contiguous or nearly so in spinea while they are quite small , usually separated and confined to the edge of the disk in hamula. 3 . |
| 15 | In many of the higher insects the pleuron is usually connected and fused with the tergum by downward prolongations of the prescutum and postnotum . |
| 16 | It has an open textured paste when ripe and is usually washed or brushed with brine . |
| 17 | Any sort of housing standard to be effective must be given the force of law , but the sad lesson of history is that specific words of the law , while intended in spirit to be a minimum statement of what is acceptable , are usually interpreted and followed as the maximum of what has to be achieved in practice . |
| 18 | However , Mill is usually understood as holding that there may be two pleasures of which the less pleasant is the better in virtue of its higher quality , and that it is then morally more important to promote it than the other . |
| 19 | On the death of a bishop , while his spiritual jurisdiction and income were administered by the dean , or prior , and chapter of the cathedral church , the temporalities of the see — as with any tenant-in-chief during a minority-reverted to the crown for the duration of the vacancy ; they were usually farmed or leased out to the profit of the crown and of the farmers who were naturally inclined to extract as much as they could from the windfall . |
| 20 | This was usually worn when selling The Fascist and for other ceremonial duties . |
| 21 | They are usually smoked or scalded to preserve the meat , but some , such as haslet and liver sausage , are totally cooked . |
| 22 | Bottled beers are usually filtered and pasteurised , the bottled version of keg . |
| 23 | They are usually overheard and slip into our own use without any effort or thought . |
| 24 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |
| 25 | Sometimes calcareous , but usually weathered and decalcified . |
| 26 | Another early concept was that of the Ba , which is usually translated as meaning the soul . |
| 27 | The navel , as the central feature of the body , is usually enlarged and emphasized and sometimes the entire stomach is thrust forward in a protruding shield-like form ; the limbs are shortened and seen as simple tubular forms , or reduced to a few incisive , sharply differentiated planes . |
| 28 | It is customary to print foreign words in italics , so that the name of an organism is usually underlined or italicised . |
| 29 | The minority still have a right to object to the court but that opposition is usually known and dealt with before the bidder becomes committed to acquire any shares in the target . |
| 30 | Several people waved theirs at Bobbie , and smiled as she went by — people who never usually waved or smiled at her . |