be usual

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The witness also spoke to the overall investigation, saying it would be usual to document evidence at the crash scene with hundreds of photos and then carefully gather evidence for preservation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

"It would not be usual or expected for a GP to prescribe a specialist amber drug at the request of a private provider in the absence of an agreed shared care arrangement," the department said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2023

Unless there’s some other factor that’s not in your letter, that means you have more information about the timeline than would be usual, it seems like you’re trying to calculate something that can’t be calculated.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2022

What is very clear, however, is that the debate is just starting, and business can’t ever be usual again.

From New York Times • May 7, 2022

It would be useful to ascertain this, because such a measure had been long reported to be usual in this, but was said to be unknown in any other trade.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I by Clarkson, Thomas