Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [art] usual [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Normally , a flock of almost 3000 sheep was kept , producing a better grade of wool than the usual run of scraggy downland animals .
2 A set of conditions of the given kind , one which is followed by the effect if the usual background obtains , is called by some philosophers a sufficient condition for the effect .
3 From day one , it is important to explain to the buyer that the usual arrangement is to pay 10% on exchange of contracts and that if this is not available , then a lesser figure will have to be negotiated .
4 Owen Teale 's comic and original Hotspur brings much more to the part than the usual hellcat warrior .
5 Anyone who wishes to contribute must catch the Chairman 's eye and the usual practice then is for the Chairman to call on the persons in the order in which he has seen them .
6 Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason .
7 There are a number of small-scale studies by researchers , such as Beatrix Campbell ( 1984 ) and Paul Willis ( 1984 ) , that suggest that at least some young unemployed teenage girls see childbearing both as a method of obtaining fulfilment and a purpose to life since the usual source , that of paid work , is not available to them , and also as the only means of obtaining a home of their own .
8 After a period of basic training and the usual round of very menial assignments characteristic of the Pioneers , he became Company Clerk at Liverpool , where he endured the friendship of a kindly , bibulous sergeant-major and the enmity of an overbearing , loud major .
9 The court can , for example , make a residence order that will last until the final hearing but the usual time limits will apply to any interim supervision order made at the same time .
10 [ After some conversation and the usual smattering of frivolous suggestions , one pupil interjects ]
11 * whether the decision involves a modification to previous purchasing patterns , for instance when the usual product purchased has been re.formulated , an apparently attractive new brand introduced , or the purchaser 's usage context for the product has changed .
12 ‘ HEMISPHERE ’ AND ‘ The Traveller ’ are more hard house than the usual techno artfulness that Container have become renowned for , and will fit into any set for DJs on the current UK house tip .
13 There followed a lot of automatic fire and the usual crump of mortars .
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