Example sentences of "[verb] not usually [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My husband did not usually discuss the negotiations for Ruggiero Miletti 's release with me , but on one occasion about a month ago , while we were having dinner … . ’ |
| 2 | Quiet , untroubled summer evenings do not usually command the headlines , and trouble arrives quickly enough in the shape of 18-year-old Maria Powers and her young man . |
| 3 | Such league tables do not usually show the production for own use by the American super-companies . |
| 4 | The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Organisations do not usually employ the services of a specialist relocation company to aid new recruits moving house . |
| 7 | ‘ For your people do not usually take the body . |
| 8 | The object of study does not usually encompass the whole physical , biological or other field , but focuses on certain phenomena , problems , aspects or themes . |
| 9 | This is largely because money allocated centrally at the beginning of the financial year does not usually reach the city itself until the autumn . |
| 10 | Under the hands and feet of an expert the organ can sound more rhythmical than many people imagine , although it does not usually match the rhythmic or percussive elements of a piano or modern keyboard . |
| 11 | The timetabling operation , a routine review of the curriculum in secondary schools , does not usually question the weighting and nature of subjects offered , or the pupil grouping . |