Example sentences of "usually [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are important areas , but the writers usually concentrate on the technical and physical aspects of securing computer systems against external threats while neglecting the most common source of risk : from companies ' own employees . |
| 2 | They have usually relied on the grossness of the physical threat , rather than its certainty , to do the work . |
| 3 | She usually builds on the shores of an estuary and there she sits devotedly , seldom leaving the nest . |
| 4 | Braque 's interest in space gives his work an ‘ overall ’ quality , which has ever since remained one of the main features of his style , whereas in Picasso 's painting the attention is usually riveted on the subject while the background or surround is often treated in a simpler or more cursory fashion . |
| 5 | Hypermarkets are usually situated on the outskirts of towns and cities . |
| 6 | The reason is that the child usually sits on the floor to put her shoes on and her knees point outwards . |
| 7 | Segmentation is usually undertaken on the basis of three major variables in target populations — geography , demography ( age , sex , occupation etc ) , and buyer behaviour ( brand loyalty , usage rate etc ) . |
| 8 | Eurobonds are usually listed on the London or Luxembourg stock markets . |
| 9 | The geometry of the fracture is usually calculated on the basis of volume of fluid injected during the hydraulic fracture operation . |
| 10 | When an employee 's relocation is the result of a promotion or when an employee receives an increase in salary at the new location , any disturbance allowance payable on the basis of a percentage of salary is usually calculated on the new salary . |
| 11 | Willis and Tilda usually stopped on the way at a little shop in the Vauxhall Bridge Road , which seemed glad of any kind of custom , to buy a quarter of aniseed marbles . |
| 12 | The cold-sores , a virus in the same family as chickenpox and shingles , usually appear on the lips and around the nose but they can be spread to the eyes , fingers and genitals . |
| 13 | The disposal of run off from most types of terrace needs careful construction of a system of drains and channels usually designed on the basis of calculations ( or informed guesses ) on the probability of the intensity and duration of storms . |
| 14 | The new one is usually designed on the basis of copying the old one but removing as many as possible of the faults . |
| 15 | He hoped thus both to strengthen his hand in the cabinet , several of whose members were by no means convinced supporters of his policies , and to counteract the influence at court of the hostile Austrian and Russian ambassadors , who could usually count on the sympathy of George IV . |
| 16 | Traded options usually cease on the third or fourth Wednesday of the month in which they are due to expire . |
| 17 | There are two types of corn , the hard variety — which usually develops on the tips or top of the toes — and the soft corn that builds up between the toes . |
| 18 | The petalling usually starts on the Thursday afternoon previous to the Saturday it is required . |
| 19 | The prices are usually collected on the Tuesday closest to the 15th of the month and the index is published in the third week of the following month in various economic journals . |
| 20 | Journeys were usually made on the Friday , except for the relatively short trip to Birmingham , made on Saturday morning . |
| 21 | Usually made on the premises . |
| 22 | Payments are usually made on the last working day of every month . |
| 23 | In clinical practice , presumptive diagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis implies specific therapy , and the firm diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the clinical and radiographic response to treatment . |
| 24 | The evenings would usually finish on the terrace for a few quiet drinks with new found friends and then off to bed . |
| 25 | They are usually built on the planet and then launched into space . ’ |
| 26 | Offshore , the limited well data show coal developments in the Westphalian A and B although only the lower part of the Westphalian B sequence is usually seen on the extreme edge of the basin . |
| 27 | The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past . |
| 28 | As status is a relative quality , for many of us , our conscious awareness of labelling ourselves ‘ low-status ’ usually depends on the people and the situation . |
| 29 | The difficulty with standard significance tests is that their valid and effective use usually depends on the way the data are approached — for example whether the research has been designed with a specific hypothesis in mind or a less focused post hoc analysis is being carried out with a view to revealing underlying patterns . |
| 30 | It usually depends on the relationship that girls already have with parents — and mothers in particular . |