Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] usually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soaps do n't usually focus on characters like this , people who grew up with the idealistic values of the 1960s and early 1970s , who have put off having children until their thirties , who worry about the environment but also worry about how they 're not managing to do enough about it . |
| 2 | Such problems are of combinatorial type and algorithmic solutions do not usually exist . |
| 3 | Such problems ( i.e. in aircraft maintenance fault diagnosis , trouble-shooting , monitoring , etc. ) are of an combinatorial type and algorithmic solutions do not usually exist . |
| 4 | Non-city dwellers may still be able to burn coal or logs in their fireplaces , but today 's busy lifestyles do n't usually allow time for tending them . |
| 5 | Innovations in teaching methods do not usually come in the form of simple additions to a teacher 's repertoire , generalizable to all subject matters , but are usually designed to achieve more effectively an understanding of some particular X. Usually , for a variety of reasons , the descriptions of ‘ how to proceed ’ are not at a level of precision which makes the teacher a programmed automaton ; it follows that any teacher persuaded to adopt the innovation must be willing and able to explore modifications to his repertoire in order to try and achieve the hoped-for improvement in his pupils ' understanding of X at which the innovation is aimed . |
| 6 | On balance , these considerations do not usually constitute a serious problem , and any teething troubles can usually be overcome quickly by minor and obvious adjustment to reaction conditions . |
| 7 | As they go to sleep , subjects do not usually stay in Stage I for long — between one and ten minutes . |
| 8 | Stories about the illegal capture and sale of wild animals do n't usually have happy endings , and so no wonder there was much celebration when 10 wild-caught orang-utans smuggled into Taiwan and destined for the pet trade were confiscated by Taiwanese officials and sent back to their Indonesian homeland for rehabilitation . |
| 9 | Treatment sessions do not usually need to be longer than 1 hour . |
| 10 | For this reason , the description languages used in artificial intelligence do not usually include ’ * ’ . |
| 11 | Bankers do not usually forget that sort of thing . |
| 12 | Muslims are just as divided as Christians : by ethnic origin ( they hail from areas as far apart as Turkey and Nigeria ) ; by language ( as well as Arabic , their native tongues include Urdu , Bengali , Hausa , Swahili and Farsi ) ; by doctrine ( three-quarters are Shias and the rest are Sunnis ) ; by money ( Kuwaiti bankers do not usually invite Bradford textile-workers to their Knightsbridge dinner parties ) ; and by politics . |
| 13 | He observes that universities do not usually have research policies as such , and that the librarian therefore receives little guidance on new directions for collection development . |
| 14 | It is a composite of three separate bands and is false ( rather than natural ) colour because the three selected spectral bands do not usually represent reflection in the visible red , green and blue regions of the spectrum . |
| 15 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not usually provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 16 | Platelets do not usually adhere to normal endothelium but the reasons why normal endothelium is inert with respect to stimulating platelet adhesion and aggregation is not fully understood ( Shattil & Bennett , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | Given the reluctance of some courts to convict on forensic evidence and the fact that terrorists do not usually leave a signed visiting card at the scene of the crime , will it not become more and more difficult to obtain convictions ? |
| 18 | Organisations do not usually employ the services of a specialist relocation company to aid new recruits moving house . |
| 19 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 20 | Official figures do not usually include animals that escape or are released from the nets but have nevertheless been mortally wounded . |
| 21 | The air force and the diminutive navy do not usually participate in these acts of manual labour , but are severely hampered by financial constraints . |
| 22 | Provided that the maximum surface strain does not exceed 0.1 per cent such problems do not usually arise . |
| 23 | Such problems do not usually occur during the day because the plants and algae present in the water will be photosynthesising . |
| 24 | So like , we have a hell of a good laugh like , we go in and like , my dreams do n't usually dawn on me till around lunch , I always say quick , give us the book ! |
| 25 | Moulds do not usually grow fast , and conditions had to be found in which large quantities of Penicillium notatum could be produced as quickly as they were wanted . |
| 26 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 27 | Investors do not usually grasp the minutiae of the trading experiences of the businesses in which they invest , but it is unsettling when a company such as Pentos , which has been proclaiming its readiness to do battle with the big boys over the Net Book Agreement , has a financial setback . |
| 28 | Such league tables do not usually show the production for own use by the American super-companies . |
| 29 | Advertisements do not usually spring fully formed into the mind of an agency 's resident creative genius . |
| 30 | When they shed leaves because of drought , trees do not usually bother with all the razzmatazz of colouring them beforehand . |