Example sentences of "[am/are] usually [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Railway transition curves are usually related to the velocity cubed — a cubic curve is comparatively easy to set out with a theodolite . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These proteins are usually bound to the plasma membrane by myristylation and/or direct attachment to membrane proteins . |
| 5 | The tracks are usually fixed to the wall with special types of fixings . |
| 6 | Because the majority of infections are acquired either in the milk of the dam or by ingestion of paratenic hosts , there is no migratory phase and any changes are usually confined to the intestine , showing as pot-belly , diarrhoea , poor coat and failure to thrive . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The real origins of the law centre movement are usually attributed to the publication of pamphlets by the lawyers of the Conservative and Labour parties and the individual initiative of pioneers who became impatient at the slowness of the official bodies to respond to the pressure for change . |