adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as usual (= in the way that she usually was )
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Roberta was late as usual .
sb’s normal/usual/regular routine
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Although he'd gone, I continued with my normal routine.
the normal/usual pattern
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As soon as she could, she resumed the normal pattern of her life.
the usual excuse/the same old excuse
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He made the usual excuses for not coming.
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Whenever the trains are late, it's always the same old excuse.
the usual method
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The usual method of investing in a company is by buying shares in it.
the usual preliminaries
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After the usual preliminaries , the chairman made his announcement.
your normal/usual self
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When she came home at Christmas she seemed very quiet and not her normal self.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The dignitaries, as usual , waited for him to go first.
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The children, as usual , stayed behind.
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The right, as usual these days, is in a quandary.
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How could they proceed with business as usual ?
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At one school, children watched television and played video games as usual .
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Tommy, as usual , is whispering to Nico hotly when I come through the reception room.
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John, hurrying as usual , almost walked right into it.
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Szott, as usual , will labor in anonymity.
more
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Today, it is more usual to replace the base with marine ply.
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Only later did the skin of the shark turn back to its more usual blue-and-white shading.
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Warehouses with more than 20 stacker-cranes are not unknown although it is more usual to find systems with 2 to 6 cranes.
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The trade here is of a more usual nature with the pubs open to 11 at night.
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Such numbers are now much more usual in the western harbours.
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His hurried journey allows us to estimate a more usual journey as taking about six to eight weeks.
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It is more usual to wash or dip the cheeses in liquid.
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Infanticide is a defence to murder, but it is more usual to charge infanticide in the first place.
most
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The most usual type of unsprung mattress is the foam one.
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The most usual area of difficulty is in relation to leasehold properties.
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The most usual method of sending out information to more than a few broadcasting stations or publications is by post.
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Until recently surgical resection was the most usual treatment.
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The most usual form is canon at the unison, or octave.
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The most usual flavouring additions are spices, peppercorns and nuts, especially pistachios.
■ NOUN
manner
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These were fed into the system in the usual manner to create the required data base.
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This can be done quickly in the following manner: Test the corneal reflexes and facial sensation in the usual manner .
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The first two landed in the usual manner .
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Each field may then be edited in the usual manner .
pattern
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This may seem a paradox and different from the usual pattern of learning, therefore it needs to become a habit.
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The usual pattern was calm, then a storm.
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You should also establish the patient's usual pattern of fluid intake and output by tactful questioning.
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The usual pattern is to start with a larger definition of the neighborhood, and narrow in as the training proceeds.
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The latter is the usual pattern and I only know it to be his as the items came from the family.
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We took up our positions, driving stakes into the ground in the usual pattern .
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It is important that the nurse establishes what is the usual pattern for the patient.
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As masculinist networks, armies develop the usual patterns of consensual transgressive behaviour.
place
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A 3.0 litre, 24 valve power plant in the usual place , under the bonnet.
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Sandie, in her usual place on the long couch, looks pale, but determined.
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It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down.
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The smoke was steady in the usual place .
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Two months ago he went there and saw the usual places and people.
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She set the latter down at the King's hand, then without a word took her usual place across from me.
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It wasn't a usual place .
practice
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It has become usual practice for record companies to advance bands some money to underwrite the costs of these first tours.
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This is because the usual practice would be for the investment manager to deal only in its own name account client.
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It would be usual practice to ensure that the payment is costed to the month in which the work is carried out.
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They were advised to use topical steroids only on severely affected areas of skin, in accordance with our usual practice .
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In common with usual practice , most printing establishments acted as agents for the large firms in the country who specialised in wedding stationery.
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It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula.
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The usual practice is for casks to be rolled into deep, cool cellars.
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Instead Smith Kline chose just twenty-five key distributors, with whom it maintained far closer contact than was usual practice .
run
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The usual run of mugging, housebreaking and shoplifting.
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Anything of quality was exciting in those days, for the usual run of food was of a dullness today hardly comprehensible.
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It has been designed to be different from the usual run of the mill international tax conference.
self
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She woke and dressed, spraying on perfume in a manner quite unlike her usual self .
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Being ecstatic means being flung out of your usual self .
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Not his usual self at all, one way or another.
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Old Chao seemed to be pulling his usual self back on with his sock.
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Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place.
suspect
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Then come the usual suspects , categories that we can rattle through quickly before announcing the big ones.
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I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon: the other usual suspects were missing.
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In other words, the usual suspects .
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But there is a lot in it for the usual suspects .
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The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
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Not even the Seattle earthquake could deflect these usual suspects from their mission to keep the Clinton era alive for our delectation.
time
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He awoke at his usual time Wednesday morning, November 27, and remained awake until 12 o'clock Saturday night.
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The next morning, Quinn was in front of the hotel at his usual time .
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She let Ann and Lena go at their usual time and stayed on alone.
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Eva had already been promoted to major before the usual time .
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He had got up at the usual time and played with his sisters.
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Chapter Twelve 2 January George had left for work at his usual time of eight fifteen.
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I cycled over from Creeting at the usual time and when I started it were all right.
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We finished at ten minutes to six, about our usual time .
way
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There is then a dynamic situation, with the near-shore sediments building out laterally in the usual way .
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This is the usual way of friendships in the information age.
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As the music begins, concentrate for a few moments on relaxing your body in the usual way .
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The solution is then completed in the usual way .
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Staff in these Departments considering additional computers are at liberty to submit suggestions through line management in the usual way . 3.
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I then cut out the neckline and sew in the usual way .
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Is this your usual way of greeting your escorts?
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The usual way in which his power is circumscribed is by limiting it to a right to break for certain specified purposes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as per usual/normal
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Besides which, you've missed the point as per usual: to speak is to admit existence.
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Same old jolly camp-fire life went on as per usual.
business as usual
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Despite the fire damage, it's business as usual at the barber shop.
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Back in Los Angeles it was business as usual.
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How could they proceed with business as usual?
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It will soon be back to business as usual.
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So it was business as usual.
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The next day was business as usual.
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This change has involved more than just mixing up kids and carrying on business as usual.
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This is more than dictatorial business as usual.
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We need to be clear that, if Bush defeats Al Gore, there will no longer be business as usual.
the usual suspects
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But there is a lot in it for the usual suspects .
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In other words, the usual suspects .
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The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
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Then come the usual suspects , categories that we can rattle through quickly before announcing the big ones.
the usual/normal/general run of sth
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Anything of quality was exciting in those days, for the usual run of food was of a dullness today hardly comprehensible.
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Credit taken by the general run of consumers - those not in an extremity of financial need - was not specially regulated.
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In the normal run of things I would have had no business there, no access.
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It has been designed to be different from the usual run of the mill international tax conference.
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It ought to be said that this particular extract poses more difficulties than the normal run of parish registers.
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This, however, was not the normal run of things.
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What should we do when confronted with claims which are conspicuously at odds with the general run of experience?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the usual people were there.
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Is it usual for him to be so late?
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It seemed colder than usual in the house.
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She was sitting in her usual chair by the fire.
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The usual adult dose is 600 mg daily.
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We've sold more than the usual amount of coal this year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As usual he brought with him a collection of friends and a lot of commotion.
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Bigwig, with his usual brisk energy, set to work.
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But of course the usual analogy is an arms race.
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It is usual for an interviewer to show the candidate to the door with a few final words.
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Marsha sits at her office desk, casually dressed, as usual .
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The tubes in the automatic fraction collector were meticulously labeled, with none of the usual felt-tip scribbles.