Example sentences of "do not usually [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons outlined earlier in this chapter these do not usually consist of jobs , but rather of space ( which will be considered in the following chapter under the heading of land use and access ) and housing . |
| 2 | As they go to sleep , subjects do not usually stay in Stage I for long — between one and ten minutes . |
| 3 | If this is so , these varieties must incorporate within themselves sets of recurrent and distinctive norms , through which they can be characterized , but which do not usually coincide with the norms of the standard language . |
| 4 | When they shed leaves because of drought , trees do not usually bother with all the razzmatazz of colouring them beforehand . |
| 5 | However , as Patrick Parrinder has pointed out , most of these approaches — in their concern with methodology rather than with the aims and purposes of English studies — have led to changes in manners of interpretation rather than in the choice of texts : they do not usually lead to any significant reconsideration of the worth of pursuing the interpretation of texts as such . " |
| 6 | The problem lies in deciding what the relationship is between and ; since we do not usually pause between words , there is no silence ( or external open juncture ) to indicate word division and to justify the space left in the transcription . |
| 7 | Yet people with more or less stable impairments , struggling to make their way as oppressed citizens , do not usually appear in professional eyes to have much in common with the majority of bewildered , vulnerable people who seek medical help . |
| 8 | This may be a source of embarrassment ; people do not usually meet for social or business purposes dressed in this way . |
| 9 | Lorenz , Ardrey and others nevertheless argue that collective instincts and forms of aggression amongst contemporary human beings ( and especially amongst males ) have now been canalised into ritual and symbolic forms : types of aggression which do not usually result in damage . |
| 10 | Although alarm is not expressed to relate to any particular source of concern , we do not usually speak of alarm in a vacuum . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Maturity comes late and the cows are often as much as four years old before they conceive , while the bulls can be sexually mature at 18–20 months old but do not usually mate until about four years old . |
| 14 | Landslips , earthquakes and faulting are not everyday occurrences in this country and do not usually have to be allowed for in settlement siting . |
| 15 | I apologise , Mr. Speaker , I do not usually have by breath taken away . |
| 16 | People often object to practising behaviours that they do not usually use on the grounds that it is n't natural . |
| 17 | The air force and the diminutive navy do not usually participate in these acts of manual labour , but are severely hampered by financial constraints . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However , people do not usually live in a state of high intellectual awareness about their every action , but simply get on with living . |
| 20 | Such problems do not usually occur during the day because the plants and algae present in the water will be photosynthesising . |
| 21 | Treatment sessions do not usually need to be longer than 1 hour . |
| 22 | But these developments , while welcome , do not usually amount to a cross-disciplinary vehicle for systematically reflecting on the quality of the student learning . |
| 23 | Tumours of the ovary and testis are likewise hormone-related , although they do not usually respond to hormone therapy . |
| 24 | but we do n't usually refer to it as Clog 's theory or anything like that . |
| 25 | Butterflies do n't usually appear in winter . |
| 26 | I do n't usually go to pieces like this . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah but housewives do n't usually go to sleep at this time in the afternoon . |
| 28 | We do n't usually go to that one do we ? |
| 29 | it 's unusual that for children really cos they do n't usually go for salad |
| 30 | ‘ They do n't usually last for long , but I 'm prepared . |