Example sentences of "can [adv] be applied " in BNC.

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1 Likewise , in a church school , priorities such as those stated in the admissions policy here can properly be applied .
2 The solution procedure for TRPs can obviously be applied to TPs but certain special features arise from the extra structure .
3 The logic of exploiting the perception gap between the real cost of benefits and their perceived value to the employee can obviously be applied to other benefits .
4 National rules in the member states where services are provided can only be applied to the extent that the public interest requires it , and after due account is taken of the national rules applied to the company in the member state of establishment .
5 This technique can only be applied in bold , relatively thick outlines , and is therefore only used on items which employ reasonably simple designs .
6 It is felt that this approach provides a general procedure having wide applications , instead of producing a very specific " tailor made " system that can only be applied to one company .
7 For instance , the first rule can only be applied when x is C and y is A. It produces the state on ( A , table ) ∘ on ( B , table ) ∘ on ( C , table ) .
8 Styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , and the formatting details are stored in the markers which occur at the end of each paragraph .
9 As styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , you do n't have to be too careful about selecting text ; just pop the cursor anywhere in the block and the formatting will be applied to the whole paragraph .
10 Unfortunately , literal mnemonics can only be applied to a very limited number of subjects in a scheme or the order of subjects will be distorted .
11 One problem with the above test of a set of restrictions is that , strictly , it can only be applied when the model is linear and the restrictions themselves are linear .
12 In the case of the substantive apple , it is obvious that the lexeme evoked by this word can only be applied to objects of our experience which are by nature apples : it can not be said of a pen or an eraser .
13 This technique , known as journal-to-journal co-citation , can thus be applied across a variety of subjects .
14 So the Act can not be applied .
15 All behaviouristic theories of cognition are viciously third-personal , where that expression signifies , first , that they can not be applied to the first-person perspective and , second that our ability to apply them to the third person really rests on our bringing to bear first-person knowledge : as with rats in mazes , where my plain and unreduced apprehension of the rat 's environment enables me to see its grasp of that environment in terms of its behaviour within it .
16 As always , the need to calibrate the radiocarbon ‘ dates ’ means that normal statistical tests can not be applied .
17 Finally , in situations where the conventional statistical approach can not be applied , and provided suitable skills are available , there is a strong case for carrying out the analysis in conjunction with the research itself , rather than contracting out .
18 Most certainly it can not be applied to the peasant buildings of a century or so later .
19 Although , in its pure form , the bureaucracy concept can not be applied fully to schools , it has been suggested that bureaucratisation is one of the most significant educational developments of the times .
20 Without this integration the results of existing technical research can not be applied in less than the present high risk of failure .
21 At least with the man , a urethritis can be diagnosed , albeit imperfectly , by noticing pus cells in the urethra , but the same criteria can not be applied to the woman .
22 This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books .
23 As control methods they have the advantage of low capital outlay , although there is the ongoing need to purchase the masking and counteracting agent , as and when necessary , and case of application , being particularly valuable where other methods can not be applied .
24 There is no reason why the methods outlined here can not be applied successfully to other basins .
25 In the general case , regions II and III are curved and the analysis given in Section 8.2 can not be applied .
26 While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change .
27 It is interesting to note that although cost benefit has undoubtedly remained attractive to local authorities operating in difficult financial circumstances , evaluation theory has long recognized that cost benefit analysis can not be applied uniformly :
28 The equation linking trades unionism with Labour 's advance can not be applied to London ; not only were unions weak , but in the interwar period suffered setbacks as the depression deepened .
29 If the law is not a business then the controls of the market can not be applied successfully and alternatives must be sought .
30 This criticism can not be applied to the results for 1984–90 .
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