Example sentences of "be usually [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 The grants are usually tied to a theme and conditions .
2 But they are usually tied to a particular building society or insurance company and so will only arrange loans with them .
3 It would be possible for it to be installed in Canterbury as the majority of calls coming into London are usually transferred to Canterbury anyway .
4 Film advertising ideas are usually presented to clients in the form of a storyboard — eight or more drawn pictures pasted down on a board with the written commentary set out beneath .
5 In the lay person 's view , and in the view of some professional linguists , the norms of language are associated with notions of standardization and ‘ correctness ’ or with hierarchical dimensions of social structure ( or all of these ) , and they are usually felt to be institutional : that is , they are thought of as being prescribed by authority through the writing system , the educational system and other agencies ( for a relevant discussion , see J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) .
6 Several types of instrument can be used for this type of test , and these are usually limited to measurements on rigid polymers or rubbers .
7 Railway transition curves are usually related to the velocity cubed — a cubic curve is comparatively easy to set out with a theodolite .
8 These are usually related to functional activities .
9 Such problems are usually related to grief and concern about loss of femininity and a feeling of disfigurement .
10 The sophistication of a thesaurus and the specificity of its index terms are usually related to the number of documents to be covered by the indexing system for which the indexing language is being planned .
11 4 THE MOTHERBOARD : These are usually connected to the PC by a couple of screws and plastic standoffs poking up from the bottom of the case .
12 These proteins are usually bound to the plasma membrane by myristylation and/or direct attachment to membrane proteins .
13 They are usually made to measure , so matching awkward sizes is easy .
14 They are usually made to measure , so matching awkward sizes is easy .
15 Beliefs are usually seen to be different again ( at least by researchers ) ; they are propositions about work and society .
16 Subroutines are usually written to be " transparent " to the calling routine ; that is , the processor registers such as accumulators and condition codes can be assumed to be unaltered by the subroutine call , unless they are explicitly part of the subroutine linkage .
17 When we talk about intelligence in horses , we are usually referring to how quickly they learn something .
18 The tracks are usually fixed to the wall with special types of fixings .
19 Any seriously ill patients are usually sent to a state hospital . ’
20 Manuscripts are usually sent to two or three reviewers , chosen for their expertise rather than their geographical location .
21 The combination of the chief components , carbon monoxide and hydrogen , are usually referred to as synthesis gas ( or syn-gas ) .
22 The most popular closed back items are usually referred to as " superfine Pekings " ( or just " Pekings " ) , although they may also be called Tientsins , Sinkiangs or simply Chinese .
23 Firstly those substances which increase relatively rapidly with depth and then become constant and this group are usually referred to as the bio-limiting element or a bi having a bio-limiting distribution .
24 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 ’ .
25 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 .
26 If they were occurences of the same type , they are usually referred to as ‘ twins ’ .
27 Although these times are usually referred to as ‘ shutter speeds ’ , ‘ exposure time ’ is a more accurate description .
28 Disputes about the price and quality of metals are usually referred to arbitrators under the rules of the London Metal Exchange : for commodity arbitrations , see 15.6.5 .
29 When women are turned away , they are usually referred to homelessness organisations or other groups .
30 As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name .
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