Example sentences of "usually confined to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was employed on marble and was usually confined to capitals , pulpits and fonts . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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' . |
| 6 | Such problems are usually confined to ponds in which there is little or no water movement , and generally occur at night . |
| 7 | In Anglo-Saxon society it is usually confined to greetings between men and women who , are socially , but not sexually , intimate . |
| 8 | 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 . |