Example sentences of "usually [vb pp] [subord] [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The orang-utan , gorilla , and chimpanzee are usually depicted as arising from a stock separate from that leading to man . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This was usually worn when selling The Fascist and for other ceremonial duties . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Another early concept was that of the Ba , which is usually translated as meaning the soul . |
| 13 | She was the wife of SHIVA in Hindu mythology ; the Queen of Death and Terror , she is usually represented as drinking the blood of a victim and dancing on his corpse . |
| 14 | 1Off — the verses which are usually taken as belonging to the Priestly strand of the Bible — that we first find mention of the covenantal aspects of circumcision : |
| 15 | Some chloride may come from natural sources , with occasionally large amounts from salt-bearing rock strata , but its presence is usually taken as indicating sewage contamination of the supply . |
| 16 | Herbal remedies are usually dispensed as tinctures , either singly or in various combinations which are prepared specifically for the patient on the basis of their complaints . |
| 17 | To overcome the capacitive shorting problem , potential dividers for operation at high frequencies or for handling pulses are usually constructed as indicated in figure 8.1(d) . |
| 18 | Carr-Hill and Stern ( 1979 ) are usually quoted as providing clear evidence that unemployment and crime are not related . |
| 19 | To the list of writers who developed psychoses Karlsson adds , among others , Hugo , Scott , Tolstoi , Pope , and Poe and puts the overall incidence of such disorders among the individuals he surveyed at around 30 per cent ; a staggeringly high figure , given that , taken together , non-organic forms of psychosis are usually quoted as carrying a lifetime risk of about 5 per cent . |