Example sentences of "[noun pl] are usually [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases are usually covered with cloth , vinyl or leather . |
| 2 | Although few characters from the professions appear to influence demi-caractère dance ( their activities are usually confined to character works ) , the Navy and Army have regularly inspired choreographers. first comes the Navy' . |
| 3 | In aquarium conditions such attempts are usually doomed to failure due to bacteria attacking the severed portions before the wounds heal . |
| 4 | These indices are usually validated against utilisation rates ( see above ) or by how well they correlate with various measures of morbidity available routinely . |
| 5 | Laurent Fabius has bemoaned the fact that deputés are usually excluded from policy-making committee . |
| 6 | Gatevalves are usually fitted with wheel handles rather than cross-head handles and must be kept fully open to avoid airlocks . |
| 7 | In the southern hemisphere larvae accumulate in late winter and outbreaks are usually seen in spring . |
| 8 | For example , in order to understand the little story in ( 13 ) , one needs to know the following assorted facts : presents are usually bought with money ; piggy-banks are used to hold money ; piggy-banks are generally made of a dense material like metal or plastic ; money inside a container of dense material will generally rattle , etc . |
| 9 | This marriage between epidemiology and statistics is reinforced in schools of public health , where the subjects are usually taught in parallel . |
| 10 | Mussels and oysters are usually canned in cotton seed oil which is very strong , so they should be well rinsed before use and , if necessary , tossed in a little olive oil to restore their flavour . |
| 11 | Summer schools are usually held in country houses and the CRUSE booklet on holidays lists some of these examples : |
| 12 | Clouds enveloping mountain-tops and coastal fogs are usually characterized by pH values much lower than rainfall ( Bridgman , 1990 ) . |
| 13 | What he did n't say and you did n't pick up was how do you get the screwdrivers underneath the nail head without damaging the wood , seeing as nails are usually driven in flush with the face of the timber . |
| 14 | In lambs , patent infections first occur in early summer , but the heaviest infections are usually seen in autumn . |
| 15 | Describes amateur rowing-parties on the Thames and the passengers on the Gravesend boat from St Katharine 's Wharf ( below Tower Bridge ) ‘ on a Saturday morning in summer when … the steamers are usually crowded to excess ’ . |
| 16 | The arm spines are usually covered with skin . |
| 17 | The males are usually used as line ferrets and the females are worked loose , muzzled or otherwise . |
| 18 | The paintings are usually left on display for three months , then one or two are replaced . |
| 19 | Seepages are usually treated by field officers as worthy of attention , therefore for practical purposes as pollution , since the pollutants involved are frequently visible and often toxic . |
| 20 | ‘ The problems are usually to do with family tension and parents rowing , separating and divorcing . |
| 21 | Such problems are usually related to grief and concern about loss of femininity and a feeling of disfigurement . |
| 22 | Because dithiadiazoles are usually obtained by dehalogenation of the chloride — eg equation ( e ) — it is logical that dithiadiazoles sometimes act as dehalogenating agents ( equations g and h ) . |
| 23 | The names are usually derived from Latin or Greek — ‘ Tyrannosaurus ’ means ‘ tyrant lizard ’ and ‘ rex ’ ‘ king ’ so the animal is appropriately described as King of the tyrant lizards : rex is the specific name , unique to this species . |
| 24 | Penlight or AA batteries are usually held in plastic pods . |
| 25 | Engines and transmissions are usually made by car firms themselves , but with larger production runs than for cars , so the small scale of overseas car output makes it still sensible to import most of these things from Japan . |
| 26 | The governing board and committees of exchanges are usually composed of market participants . |
| 27 | Of course , such fine detail is seldom required and coarse groupings are usually used for summary , but even these are sometimes disturbed by coding changes . |
| 28 | Public utilities have a statutory right to be granted easements to cross land , and although such easements are usually obtained by negotiation , where landowners object , the courts will ultimately override any objections . |
| 29 | Decisions are usually reached by consensus , rather than by a senior manager taking a decision and selling it or imposing it on his subordinates . |
| 30 | ‘ Fatalities are usually caused by smoke inhalation , ’ said Mr Burnett . |