Example sentences of "[subord] applied to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robin Horton , in a widely cited article on African systems of thought ( 1967 ) , likewise attempted to break down the elements of scientific thinking in order to demonstrate that so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples such as the Azande did in fact make use of the same elements of thought , although applied to different content . |
| 2 | Here , all timber was decorated with Weathershield Exterior Woodstain , which needs no undercoat unless applied to new or bare wood . |
| 3 | A feature of statistical predictors is that their accuracy when applied to future subjects can be disappointing relative to the accuracy apparent from the cases on which the predictor was constructed . |
| 4 | There is much to dispute in Foucault 's scepticism about the author when applied to authored texts in circumstances where the authorial presence is clear . |
| 5 | As the obituary for Israel Gollancz shows , such " sanity " when applied to disciplinary practice , involves skilled exposition , and interest in " the work in hand " rather than in literary criticism . |
| 6 | Not too many recent books have specifically attempted to provide an introduction to the interpretation of the spectra produced by the title techniques when applied to inorganic compounds . |
| 7 | The strategy which had proved so successful in the sphere of science and technology encountered serious problems when applied to complex social systems . |
| 8 | This chapter introduces five patients whose surgical histories are used throughout the book to illustrate how the nursing responsibilities discussed in each chapter may differ when applied to individual patients . |
| 9 | Probably the most important effect of his reading of Joyce was to make him all the more aware of the possibilities of his anthropological reading , especially when applied to modern city life in the context of inanity or death : city life was filled with fatal torpor and Eliot described London as shrivelling , like an aged little bookkeeper . |
| 10 | Both indices can be misleading when applied to real situations involving man or other homeotherms . |
| 11 | Some of these have marked irritant properties and some 60 , including benzo(a)pyrene and dimethylnitrosamine , have been shown to cause cancer when applied to living tissue . |
| 12 | Both these processes in the long term are effective agents of selection , especially when applied to differential capacities to obtain mates and to care for and rear young . |
| 13 | It , of course , becomes even more obnoxious when applied to Black people , happily of whom many live here , contributing to the social , economic and cultural richness of Britain . |
| 14 | Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus has proved difficult and has led to contradictory conclusions when applied to long-term potentiation . |
| 15 | When applied to British fertility trends , the correlation ( elasticity ) between fertility and women 's real wages increases over time because of the rise of the real wages of women and their increasing tendency to work . |
| 16 | When applied to particular urban or rural situations it will reveal the dynamics which , while attracting some into the fellowship of the churches , are at the same time excluding others . |
| 17 | When applied to particular aspects of Language , we ask how learners think , imagine , feel and make meaning through talking , reading , writing and non-verbal Language . |
| 18 | Because of the smoothing effects of scale , however , they are likely to give more statistically valid results when applied to national performance , and international comparisons . |
| 19 | In the past the term " politics " has caused great confusion when applied to non-European societies . |
| 20 | When applied to metric functions on its own this transformation clearly has little physical significance . |
| 21 | This ‘ sweeping under the carpet ’ syndrome as applied to female deviance reflects the congruency of the sociologist 's values with those of the wider society . |
| 22 | The slogan ‘ reduction of waiting lists ’ as applied to elective surgery or outpatient appointments is simplistic and may have no relevance to actual or imminent medical needs of patients and their families . |
| 23 | Oeppen has continued to investigate the structure of projection models as applied to long runs of data from the past . |
| 24 | In the case of subject searches , the criterion as applied to traditional IR systems has been that of retrieval effectiveness , based on the concept of relevance and the measures of recall and precision . |
| 25 | Hence , a dynamic consideration of portfolio analysis , as applied to major investment decisions with their relatively long time horizons , does not just mean moving SBUs up or down the portfolio grid by transferring resources between them ( from ‘ cash cows ’ to ‘ problem children ’ and ‘ stars ’ ) . |
| 26 | In 1847 the Congregational Union Year Book included a thirteen-page section , ‘ Remarks on Ecclesiastical Architecture as Applied to Nonconformist Chapels ’ . |
| 27 | They further describe research as covering quality , distribution , accessibility , outcome , and effectiveness , as applied to professional health care ( self care or public health activity ) . |
| 28 | Little was known , however , of whether ESRC support was more important in some areas than others or whether , in areas where there is significant support from other sources , ESRC 's support for basic or strategic research ( as applied to applied ) might nevertheless be critical . |
| 29 | It involved spasmodic attempts at boosting advanced teaching and research in science and other fields of " modern " study , especially as applied to industrial organization and technological development . |
| 30 | Graham Hough develops this argument as applied to English studies by claiming that the Christian-humanist ideal is now worn and battered , with a resulting confusion within literary education . |