Example sentences of "of [noun] can be apply [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This type of function can be applied to a wide range of activities , from the selection of standard or stocked components , through to performing fatigue/life calculations .
2 Gandhi , as we have seen , sees no superiority in conceiving of God in impersonal rather than personal terms so it is difficult to see how the traditional distinction between higher and lower levels of truth can be applied to him .
3 The Theorem of Pythagoras can be applied to the rotating vector of unit length to reveal , as it describes a circle centred on the origin O that : x ² + y ² = 1² = 1
4 There is a large literature on tax design in market economies , and a major part of the research will consist of investigating the extent to which this body of knowledge can be applied to the particular circumstances of Czechoslovakia .
5 Solid areas of colour can be applied with a stencil crayon
6 This raft of techniques can be applied to most specialties .
7 Similar kinds of arguments can be applied to different parts of these extraordinary fossils .
8 The concept of planning can be applied to a wide range of activities .
9 The concept of planning can be applied in its various ways to a whole range of activities .
10 The latter place rather more emphasis on the social values and cultural meanings associated with family life , and look at change over time in the sentiments , attachments and emotions associated with different family relationships — usually between spouses and between parents and immature children , although in principle the same kind of analysis can be applied to the wider kin group .
11 Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ?
12 But instead of sticking to this problem , which is interesting in itself , Yockey makes wild extrapolations in a futile attempt to show how the classical concept of information can be applied to problems in generating information .
13 In practice , however , it is found that there are similarities between the frequencies of molecules containing similar groups of atoms , and this sort of information can be applied to the study of new compounds .
14 So the idea is you have some kind of token so that er , classic example in sort of junior schools , primary schools , that y'know if a child actually does what you want it to do , it gets a kind of star in a star chart and added up so many stars it gets some kind of present and basically the same kind of thing can be applied in clinical and in occupational settings as well .
15 These standards of conduct can be applied to marriage , for they are central to Paul 's ethical understanding of the outworking of love .
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