Example sentences of "[noun] be usually [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although few characters from the professions appear to influence demi-caractère dance ( their activities are usually confined to character works ) , the Navy and Army have regularly inspired choreographers. first comes the Navy' . |
| 2 | In contemporary literature , following the lead of Gramsci 's ( 1971 ) reflections in the Prison Notebooks , these foundations are usually referred to as those of ‘ Fordism ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Friendly but restrained ’ is a phrase often used to describe this attitude , and interviewers are usually encouraged to be as non-directive as possible . |
| 4 | In aquarium conditions such attempts are usually doomed to failure due to bacteria attacking the severed portions before the wounds heal . |
| 5 | Sheep are usually taken to higher land in summer ; cattle are overwintered indoors . |
| 6 | Such essays are usually judged to be lacking a necessary dimension for achieving high marks . |
| 7 | Although these times are usually referred to as ‘ shutter speeds ’ , ‘ exposure time ’ is a more accurate description . |
| 8 | Such organizations are usually referred to as bureaucracies and much contemporary analysis is derived from the work of the German sociologist Max Weber , who saw them as an essential element of contemporary capitalism . |
| 9 | These proteins are usually bound to the plasma membrane by myristylation and/or direct attachment to membrane proteins . |
| 10 | False consciousness is usually referred to by Marx by the term ‘ ideology ’ and that is how the word will be used in this book . |
| 11 | Where Newco issues debentures in exchange for Target shares , an attempt is usually made to structure these so that they do not constitute " qualifying corporate bonds " as defined in s117 TCGA 1992 . |
| 12 | But bereavement is usually linked to the death of someone close , like our parents . |
| 13 | They could therefore be called continuants , though the term is usually applied to the frictionless continuant /r/ . |
| 14 | The latter term is usually applied to the average number of word choices permitted by the system 's grammar . |
| 15 | The origin of this term is usually attributed to Enthoven ( 1985a ) , who explained his proposals thus : |
| 16 | The term is usually restricted to nouns and adjectives accompanying a direct object : Have I made this clear ? ; |
| 17 | Non-deglutitive motor activity of the oesophagus is usually considered to be a sign of disordered motility . |
| 18 | This is in contrast to most potential anti-viral agents , whose action is usually restricted to only a few of the many different types of viral agents that cause disease . |
| 19 | The fauna of these lakes is usually restricted to rotifers , tardigrades and other small detritus-feeding invertebrates , a few species of copepods and other crustaceans , enchytraeid worms and the larvae of chironomid flies . |
| 20 | In these populated areas , fieldworkers concentrate instead on looking for scatters of finds , such as sherds of pottery and worked stones , because these give an indication of where previously unknown archaeological sites lie buried : the finds are usually brought to the surface as the sites are damaged by ploughing . |
| 21 | Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region . |
| 22 | When formal schools fail , the same elements are usually found to be missing . |
| 23 | Fecundity and the frequency of intercourse are usually taken to be constant factors . |
| 24 | Describes amateur rowing-parties on the Thames and the passengers on the Gravesend boat from St Katharine 's Wharf ( below Tower Bridge ) ‘ on a Saturday morning in summer when … the steamers are usually crowded to excess ’ . |
| 25 | The information was : ( a ) the names and addresses of customers ; ( b ) the most convenient routes to be taken to reach the individual customers ; ( c ) the usual requirements of individual customers , both as to quality and quantity ; ( d ) the days of the week and the time of the day when deliveries were usually made to individual customers ; ( e ) the prices charged to individual customers . |
| 26 | Inequalities of wealth were usually linked to those of prestige and power . |
| 27 | As the scheme applies to nearly all new dwellings , the Act is usually limited to alterations and conversions . |
| 28 | So there 's often a contradiction as to whether programmes are addressed to their actual or potential audiences or to a hypothetical audience , which in current affairs and news broadcasts is usually assumed to be a male viewer . |
| 29 | This plan is usually referred to as the " report " , since it is a report of the conclusion reached by the school 's library or curriculum development committee , but is more properly thought of as the proposal made by the school to the project coordinating committee in respect of the way in which it proposes that a project grant be used . |
| 30 | But this territoriality is usually restricted to their own kind and both species can be kept together . |