Example sentences of "is usually [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 :
2 RE is on a much stronger wicket than it is usually given credit for , provided it is open in character .
3 This mere Englishness is usually called Romanticism by those who do not know Anglo-Saxon .
4 This was the new concern of European states with other parts of the world which is usually called imperialism , a concern which had meant almost nothing to Bismarck .
5 The purpose of this is usually to allow students the opportunity to use language they know in a less controlled situation .
6 The specific volume changes linearly with temperature up to a transition region where a change of slope occurs , after which the curve continues linearly but at a steeper gradient ; Tg is usually defined s the point at which the tangents to the two curves intersect .
7 The purpose of these tight esses is usually to keep speeds at a safe level , invariably at corners made unsafe by the speed of modern bikes .
8 This is usually taken care of by stipulating an appointing authority .
9 This is usually to throw light on the character being played or to create the right atmosphere for the location of the action and for the expressive action required for the unfolding of the plot or theme .
10 You 've been brought up in a television age and you 've been particularly been brought up in an age of card cartoons and soap operas and in all of those you would er expect to see good being oppressed that 's part of the plot in every cartoon there is a plot in every soap opera , that the good the good people actually end up in difficult situations and the way that results in the cartoons and in the soap operas is usually find revenge or punishment .
11 If there is a slight deficiency of iron in the diet this adversely affects the amount of oxygen available to body tissues ; you feel sluggish and tired , and this is usually termed anaemia .
12 It is usually held flat against the underside of the body , but if disturbed , the springtail flicks it backwards , projecting the animal into the air and out of harm 's way .
13 Though done with the intention of establishing a virile , distinctive presence , the effect is usually to reduce shopping centres to an unprecedented level of blandness and monotony .
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