Example sentences of "usually [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purchaser of shares usually receives a short period of interest-free credit due to settlement lag . |
| 2 | From past experience he knew that this subject was usually given a low priority , on the basis that by far the majority of business is transacted without ever having to refer to the small print . |
| 3 | Group leaders can easily be bought off in some way , and once co-opted can usually deliver a quiescent membership in support of the status quo . |
| 4 | The summary may be retained , since headings of the lesson plan usually make a good outline for students ’ notes . |
| 5 | They usually entail a little preparation or practice but the surprise is even greater because of this . |
| 6 | Snooker was his hobby , and he usually made a weekly visit to a snooker club nearby , with his next-door neighbour , Bill Austin . |
| 7 | The St Patrick 's Day Show is always held in Dublin and all green stars awarded are usually guaranteed majors , which usually encourages a large entry . |
| 8 | The property agreement usually involves a small payment to the relevant surface and/or mineral rights owners . |
| 9 | Bonar Law has usually received a bad press from historians , who have portrayed him as a hard , dour , humourless fanatic . |
| 10 | Posture : Placid horses usually display a relaxed posture , with a low head and tail carriage . |
| 11 | Those who tend to see the eighteenth century as above all " the Age of Wesley " usually bring a good deal of retrospectivity to their view of the rise of Methodism over a period at the end of which Methodists were still not especially numerous in the nation as a whole . |
| 12 | The formats of the championships — which usually involve a complex system of stages and phases and bonus points — are too complicated and badly written causing endless confusion , critics say . |
| 13 | they usually involve a significant part of the work being carried out without close supervision ; |
| 14 | I usually steer a middle course which avoids both waste and effort . |
| 15 | A breeding tank for tropical species usually needs a higher temperature , with a rise in temperature often triggering spawning ( about 5°C increase ) . |
| 16 | Work will have usually occupied a considerable part of an individual 's life prior to retirement . |
| 17 | British shoppers tend to be ruggedly self-sufficient ; Brooks Brothers customers usually want a great deal of help while selecting the exact same suit they have worn since their fathers first took them to the emporium . |
| 18 | When any supply of magma is present below a volcano , it usually contains a great deal of gas , and this gas is often at high pressure . |
| 19 | This usually covers a short period to assist the applicant in defining a work programme . |
| 20 | For example , the lesser celandine , which usually looks a uniform yellow , would develop a dark centre . |
| 21 | Police Court trials usually included a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells picked up over the weekend and arraigned on Monday morning to face drunk and disorderly charges . |
| 22 | He suggested that the one who asks for containment usually has a simpler personality than the container who has a tendency to dissociate . |
| 23 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |
| 24 | The question is , as you rightly say , in psychoanalysis , the analyst usually has a vast amount much more than people normally realize , I mean , I recall from my own analysis , and mean I was going between two and four times a week erm , for an hour each time and it was a good six months before she would make any interpretations , and I used to get very frustrated , you know , I used to say things like , well , what do you think of this , Miss , you know . |
| 25 | Sometimes accompanied by a guitar but more often by mandolins , the singer usually has a tremulous voice powerful enough not to need microphones . |
| 26 | It 's a package that can incorporate desirable features like auto-focus , auto-wind , flash , wide-angle lens ( 28 or 35mm ) , DX coding for auto film speed setting , and usually has a standard screw thread hole for mounting in the base . |
| 27 | Usually has a well black I guess . |
| 28 | Even the smallest garden in Madeira usually has a small courtyard with pergola for vine , passion fruit or rose and numerous pot plants — orchids , anthuriums and ferns . |
| 29 | It is designed for use only in Force 3+ and usually has a small daggerboard . |
| 30 | It usually has a definite purpose and a particular or planned outcome . |