How could someone who is virtually automatic from the three-point line be afflicted by something so mundane?

Renewal applications also could be a problem, according to the report; in Connecticut, renewals are virtually automatic.

Through the decade, heavy metal was used by certain critics as a virtually automatic putdown.

Nonetheless, McDonald's imprimatur on any movie is a virtually automatic lure for children.

Until now, reappointment to these posts has been virtually automatic.

It may also well be that none will have the 45 percent or so that makes finding the final support needed a virtually automatic process.

The main novelty in the new regulations was that permission to travel to the West would be virtually automatic.

In the past, full payment of such bonuses for contractors that run the department's nuclear production plants was virtually automatic.

Until recently, most advocates thought that the shift from federal to state care in New York would be virtually automatic.

Roger had remained in the pilot's seat, though the flight was virtually automatic.