Example sentences of "usually [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successful cultures needed room to expand , because their success usually led to population growth which eventually was too great for the local environment to sustain . |
| 2 | As we shall see later , the columns ci usually tend to proportionality as i increases , so that Equations ( 2 ) become increasingly ill-conditioned ; also the numbers involved can assume widely different magnitudes . |
| 3 | The dose of 25 µg thrice daily is slightly lower than that usually given to patients with the dumping syndrome , or neuroendocrine tumours . |
| 4 | Most attention is usually given to correlations of the same component of velocity at points separated in a direction either parallel to that velocity component ( Fig. 19.4(b) ) or perpendicular to it ( Fig. 19.4(c) ) . |
| 5 | Some priority is usually given to MdBs seeking reelection . |
| 6 | He usually refers to Francis as Mr. Architect Webster . |
| 7 | The term ‘ open ’ adoption usually refers to baby adoption where the natural parent(s) meets and sometimes chooses the prospective adopters from an approved agency list . |
| 8 | The coexistence of standard English grammar and dialect grammar gives rise to educational problems , and the burden of coping with these is usually assigned to teachers . |
| 9 | As the scheme applies to nearly all new dwellings , the Act is usually limited to alterations and conversions . |
| 10 | Apart from the press and the other sources mentioned , ITV finance came from institutions such as banks and pension funds and , in due course , investors on the stock market ( usually limited to shares without voting rights ) . |
| 11 | Several types of instrument can be used for this type of test , and these are usually limited to measurements on rigid polymers or rubbers . |
| 12 | Their editorial content is usually limited to items of consumer interest and the editorial staff is kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | Peripheries in relatively advanced societies which have undergone the process of homogenisation described by Shils may be susceptible to investigation by pluralist methods , if only because the overwhelming predominance of a specific value-system ensures that peripheral conflict is usually limited to items which do not impinge on the central elite values . |
| 14 | When women are turned away , they are usually referred to homelessness organisations or other groups . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |
| 17 | I usually say to patients who have had an inferior infarct that once in hospital the worst is over ; the main cause of mortality then is pump failure and one of the striking contributions of thrombolytic therapy , to be dealt with later , is its ability to open up coronary arteries and prevent myocardial damage , pump failure and all the complications . |
| 18 | Cases have been most frequently reported in dogs houses in kennels with damp hay or straw bedding and the lesions , usually confined to areas of the body in contact with the ground , show hair loss , erythema , and pustule formation if infected with bacteria . |
| 19 | It was employed on marble and was usually confined to capitals , pulpits and fonts . |
| 20 | In eukaryotes , in contrast , recombination is usually confined to members of a sexually reproducing species , although there are some facts that suggest that distant gene transfer is not wholly absent . |
| 21 | Newborn screening for genetic and other disorders is usually confined to diseases for which there is treatment — either a change of diet ( as in phenylketonuria and galactosaemia ) or replacement therapy ( as in hypothyroidism ) — or in which there is a chance of affecting morbidity or mortality early in life , as occurs in the haemoglobinopathies ( particularly sickle cell disease ) . |
| 22 | 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' . |
| 23 | Such problems are usually confined to ponds in which there is little or no water movement , and generally occur at night . |
| 24 | In Anglo-Saxon society it is usually confined to greetings between men and women who , are socially , but not sexually , intimate . |
| 25 | Although mature horses may harbour a few adult worms , heavy burdens are usually confined to yearlings and to foals , which become infected from the first month or so of life , and infection is maintained largely by seasonal transmission between these groups of young animals . |
| 26 | A business executive who is faced with dismissal usually has to content himself with seeking financial compensation in the form of damages for breach of contract , unfair dismissal compensation or state redundancy pay . |
| 27 | Alcohol is usually added to petrol to form a mixture called gasohol . |
| 28 | The conversation usually turned to matters that were never mentioned in Anne 's home . |
| 29 | They are usually made to measure , so matching awkward sizes is easy . |
| 30 | They are usually made to measure , so matching awkward sizes is easy . |