Example sentences of "[is] applied to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had to choose between radiocarbon and TL dating , then we would have to take into account that radiocarbon is used for organic materials and has an upper age limit of about forty thousand years , whereas TL is applied to inorganic samples and can be used beyond the range of radiocarbon . |
| 2 | As far as the former are concerned , the term ‘ advanced ’ is applied to vocational courses in the sense that the level of work achieved is similar to that of other high-level courses , although the entry standards may sometimes be lower , and the majority of students taking them have already successfully completed Foundation Courses . |
| 3 | Does its principal keep in touch with the colleges in Her Majesty 's forces , which maintain such a high standard in every respect , while also ensuring that intelligence is applied to complex problems ? |
| 4 | When a sufficiently large electric field is applied to certain fluids , they undergo marked changes in their rheological properties . |
| 5 | This approach has considerable intuitive appeal when it is applied to the markets for apples or second-hand cars , and even when it is applied to individual labour markets . |
| 6 | This equation is applied to turbulent boundary layers , jets , wakes , etc . |
| 7 | The charcoal grill is applied to spicy sausages , T-bone steaks , fresh sardines and the right sort of vegetables . |
| 8 | Despite the difficulties of knowing what to count when the concept of the variable is applied to syntactic work , a large number of quantitative studies of syntactic variation are reported in the literature . |
| 9 | The latest technology is applied to major problems fundamental to our understanding and utilisation of plants how plants grow and develop ; how they respond to and interact with their environment ; how they evolve and diversify . |
| 10 | Unemployed people with a working spouse are unable to draw this benefit , since the means test is applied to joint income . |
| 11 | Differential game theory is applied to various theoretical models and , eventually , to the empirical model in order to discuss the gains of coordination and issues of credibility and reputation . |
| 12 | They had lived in Holland for twenty years and had been much impressed by Dutch conversions of barns into dwellings which tend to be more simple , ‘ scrubbed ’ and ‘ puritanical ’ than the often over-elaborate treatment that is applied to British projects . |
| 13 | A further criticism may be levelled against the ‘ past use ’ theory of weeding , particularly when it is applied to public libraries , where most of Slote 's studies were carried out . |
| 14 | This mode of rationality , whether it is applied to scientific or technological problems or to problems of economic production is governed by ‘ strategies based on analytic knowledge ’ ( Habermas 1971 : 92 ) . |
| 15 | This procedure is not limited to totally new projects and is applied to significant modifications to existing plants . |
| 16 | PUPILS of Bromborough Pool Primary School and other schoolchildren attended an educational exhibition at Catalyst , the museum of the chemical industry , at Widnes and learned how chemistry is applied to everyday life . |
| 17 | recommended that the procedure is applied to spontaneous speech samples of about 30 minutes ' duration , although there is no reason why this should not be varied . |