Example sentences of "[noun pl] usually [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courses focus on specific areas where expatriates are to live , with course tutors usually drawn from the areas in question . |
| 2 | Distal to them there are several longer more spine-like papillae usually associated with the second oral tentacle pore ; these papillae can be regarded as tentacle scales . |
| 3 | With the stimulus parameters usually employed to produce LTP , the duration of PTP is at most a few minutes . |
| 4 | And lastly , but by no means least , are the tsunami effects , vast tidal waves usually generated by undersea earthquakes : those tsunami have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people at a time when they struck low-lying coastal areas . ’ |
| 5 | In the Carboniferous a great variety of forms with highly zig-zag suture lines are a distinctive group of ammonoids usually known as goniatites . |
| 6 | As Virtues 's Household physician 1924 ) so succinctly puts it , ‘ the main object in the treatment of these filthy diseases is the destruction of the parasite … strict cleanliness of the person is a sine qua non … the remedies usually employed are the mercurials , sulphur , carbolic acid , tobacco , etc . ’ |
| 7 | There followed severe repression with the aim of terrifying the recalcitrant , and mutinous princelings usually paid for their revolt by death on a gibbet … |
| 8 | As well as titles which imply male ownership there are those which refer to roles usually filled by females . |
| 9 | Yet Saffron 's performance in the , as yet , unscreened TV drama Welcome To The Terror Dome , made by Nigerian director Ngozion Onwurah , breaks the mold of glamorous roles usually bestowed upon the budding MTA . |
| 10 | They were discussing all the subjects usually kept under the pillow . |
| 11 | When the going got rough the brothers usually sent a deputy to face the unpleasant hostility to which they would be exposed . |
| 12 | The Leith Chamber of Commerce was instituted in 1840 and in 1852 the Directors petitioned for and obtained a Charter of Incorporation on their representation ‘ That the town of Leith is the principal seaport in the East of Scotland and it would tend much to the encouragement and promotion of the trade and manufacture already extensively established and carried on there , if the Petitioners were incorporated as a Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers , with the powers and privileges usually conferred on such bodies ’ . |
| 13 | The disposal of run off from most types of terrace needs careful construction of a system of drains and channels usually designed on the basis of calculations ( or informed guesses ) on the probability of the intensity and duration of storms . |
| 14 | If the stripes ( which were made of black tape , stuck on a white surface ) could be felt by the moths , then the moths usually lined up correctly . |
| 15 | In the summer of 1967 , Richard Nixon was received with the honours usually reserved for heads of state when he arrived in Bucharest . |
| 16 | WWF International had investments with firms producing nuclear and conventional weapons , oil , and pesticides.It invested in Shell and Nestlé , two companies usually shunned by ethical concerns . |
| 17 | At this juncture , it is important to note that whilst there are interesting positions on offer in all fields at all levels , terms and conditions for non-executive jobs tend to be based on market rates relative to the country of origin for those nationalities usually recruited to perform the tasks in question . |
| 18 | Storms generally consist of violent winds usually accompanied by rain , hail or snow . |
| 19 | This is partly because of the marked variability of colonic motor function and the short recording periods usually used , generally not exceeding three hours . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Second , I also knew that this disquiet existed alongside other more conventional attitudes which perfectly fitted the portrayal of parents usually found in that literature . |
| 22 | The side effects usually blamed on grades are , in fact , those we have already seen associated with other aspects of assessment systems — emphasis on the easily-measured , unfairness , standardization , competition , extrinsic rewards . |
| 23 | Auspex says the NS 6000 functional multiprocessing architecture eliminates input-output bottlenecks by separating network , file and disk management functions usually performed by the host CPU . |
| 24 | Auspex says the NS 6000 functional multiprocessing architecture eliminates i/o bottlenecks by separating network , file and disk management functions usually performed by the host CPU . |
| 25 | Coal miners usually earned more than farm or common labourers . |
| 26 | This conflict was uncharacteristic both because judges usually avoided speaking against the Government on matters of party policy and because judges usually worked behind the scenes to advance their own causes or to influence legal reforms . |
| 27 | This conflict was uncharacteristic both because judges usually avoided speaking against the Government on matters of party policy and because judges usually worked behind the scenes to advance their own causes or to influence legal reforms . |
| 28 | • Use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk rather than full-fat milk ; • Use cream less often on desserts and not at all in cooking ; • Have only three or four eggs a week ; • Buy more yogurt and less hard cheese ; • Eat less red meat and trim off the visible fat ; • Eat fewer fatty meat products such as sausages , meat pies , and burgers ; • Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps ; • Use less pastry in cooking and buy fewer foods that incorporate pastry ; • Use less fat in cooking ; • If you are having a take-away meal such as fish and chips , leave some of the smaller , fattier chips usually found at the bottom of the bag . |
| 29 | This proposal encompasses a series of three inter-locking exploratory studies each designed to examine different but related aspects of the perceptions and constraints which determine women 's definitions , choices and experiences of the time-spaces and activities usually defined as ‘ leisure ’ . |
| 30 | The exceptions relating to this section are very important and refer to a number of activities usually carried out whilst on holiday . |