Example sentences of "when [pron] is apply " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ Action Men ’ are aware that it is used as a term of abuse and often become angry when it is applied to them .
2 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 .
3 The second meaning attached to the word ‘ love ’ is the one conferred on it when it is applied to the manifestation of the primitive uncontrolled mating urge as it applies to human beings , and also sometimes to animals .
4 First , he argued that it is highly artificial to construe all consumption as a response to needs ; while this approach may seem illuminating when it is applied to the consumption of individuals , it can not plausibly be extended to productive consumption , which has to be treated as ‘ the consumption which satisfies the needs of production ’ , if the theory is to be sustained .
5 Is n't the truth of Canguilhem 's claim that philosophy is on ‘ the side of the people and of the born non-specialists ’ ( 1980 : 49 ) , even more debatable , when it is applied to psychoanalysis of any kind ?
6 When it is applied to video materials for language teaching , it mostly seems to mean that the materials were made for an audience of native speakers .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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