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He suggested that the Muslim communities he knew felt "under siege" – spied on, interrogated, routinely asked to "put their house in order" as if they were not, and had never been, an equal part of British society.
US technology companies routinely complain about the difficulty of obtaining visas for foreign software engineers.
Related: If housing were seen as infrastructure there would be a lot more of it Unfortunately, the wider benefits that could be derived from investing in roads such as lower transportation costs, improved access to markets and stimulation of competition are not routinely measured.
The toilets are routinely broken or lacking in number, and the conditions in one dormitory were so bad that Amnesty International "considers the accommodation of asylum seekers there a violation of the prohibition on torture and other ill-treatment".
Our economic elite keep the Conservatives afloat because they expect a return During the cold war the left was routinely accused of taking Moscow gold, but the Russian oligarchs who benefited from the post-Soviet plunder of public assets know a good deal when they see one.
This is part and parcel of being in an oppressed group: women are routinely dehumanised and homogenised, so that every act we undertake in public tends to reflect on all women, instead of our own individual character.
He also suggested that a key element of the UK contribution would be passing on the experience gained during previous operations in Iraq – the last British troops to withdraw from the country left as recently as May 2011 – and also lessons learned during the UK military's 13-year war with the Taliban in Afghanistan where troops dealt routinely with roadside bombs and other explosive devices.
Romola Sanyal, an Indian American, criticised Khan's elite status that affords him preferential treatment, exempting him from the harsher interrogation and humiliation that is routinely meted out on south Asians and Muslims.
As Europe sinks deeper into austerity, governing parties of whatever stripe are routinely rejected by disillusioned voters – only to be replaced by others delivering more welfare cuts, privatisation and inequality.
"We are also concerned to find that officers do not routinely check the welfare of children when investigating domestic abuse incidents.
Ipsa, which does not currently routinely publish individual receipts, has been given time to consider taking the case to the supreme court.
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The word "routinely" functions as an adverb of frequency , modifying verbs to indicate that an action is performed regularly or habitually. As demonstrated by Ludwig, this usage is grammatically sound and widely accepted.
Expression frequency: Very common
