Example sentences of "can usually " in BNC.

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1 This not an invariable pattern for monographs , but readers can usually expect that the central figure of a book will receive prominence at the expense of any other artists .
2 Mowing can usually be done less regularly during September as the grass starts to grow at a slower rate .
3 Ideally , you need a few minutes to settle comfortably before setting off , but if you have to rush you can usually blame yourself for not getting in before he cable or towplane arrives .
4 If they can do this , a change of plan at an early stage can usually prevent the situation from developing and leading to an accident .
5 You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable .
6 Adaptations can usually be done to a property to suit it to your needs .
7 If necessary , arrangements can usually be made for you to be seen at home .
8 Since Nicholson 's is an Allied operation it is not surprising that Tetley 's is a fixture in its pubs and Burton Ale can usually be found .
9 Dimmer switches can usually be fitted for one or two-way operation ; with two-way switching , only one switch can be a dimmer type .
10 Beyond that , you can usually buy extensions covering accidental damage to the buildings , eg ; by putting your foot through the bedroom ceiling , or to the contents , eg , by spilling paint on a carpet .
11 Most such attempts , it concluded , are actually perpetrated by authorised users , and can usually be covered by existing law .
12 Within this context , whether witnesses are lying can usually be decided without difficulty .
13 Predominantly a coastal bird , where it can usually been seen in large flocks from now until spring , in recent years it has spread inland to breed .
14 You can usually tell an organisation that has a clear corporate plan but very little vision about the future .
15 On the other hand , if you 're making something the world wants , by making it as the lowest cost supplier , you can usually expand your work-force .
16 Roddick claims that the answers to such bizarre questions tend to be very revealing and she can usually judge whether an applicant is going to be somebody who is on her wavelength and with whom she can comfortably work .
17 Brazilian music can usually be found only on specialist world-music labels , but suddenly there are three compilation albums released by the majors .
18 You can usually spot Reeves on the programme by his larded-on northern accent .
19 Argentine sergeants , who these days can usually read and write , are seldom promoted to be officers .
20 I had to tell him my age , of course , although doctors can usually tell .
21 The older dog can usually compensate for failing eyesight or hearing through a highly developed sense of smell — it gradually learns to cope .
22 The cows are always milked by members of the family and they can usually spot mastitis in the first 24 hours .
23 Dwarfing rootstocks restrict the size and vigour of a tree , so that is fills less space , crops while still young , and can usually be managed from the ground .
24 The idea of boredom is not very distressing to us because if we are bored we can usually do something about it , and so can a horse in the wild .
25 ‘ If you are in an office job you can usually go home and leave your job behind .
26 However , the detailed structure of an organ can usually best be interpreted as a transformation of some ancestral structure .
27 Wealthy people can usually take their money elsewhere , for the benefit of other countries .
28 The true basis of the cation selectivity of zeolites is not completely understood but can usually be explained in terms of the specific molecular architecture of the zeolite frameworks ( always large enough to accommodate caesium ) , the relative amount of silicon and aluminium in the zeolite framework , and the hydration state of the cations .
29 Animals live in populations that are dispersed in characteristic ways in the environment , ways that can usually be interpreted as a function of the behaviour of individual members operating as strategies for survival and reproduction .
30 We can usually show that social organization correlates closely with a species ecology yet we are often far from clear about the processes by which this association has come about .
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