Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be applied " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that , if the conditions are all true in some state , then the operator called action can be applied to the state , and what is more , this operator may help the search . |
| 2 | The condition is a predicate which is true of just those states N that the action can be applied to . |
| 3 | THEN … ’ rules : If the condition is true of a state , then the action can be applied . |
| 4 | It seems to me that the same reasoning can be applied in this case : in so far as compliance with the rules of the E.E.C . |
| 5 | It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt . |
| 6 | In emphasising how theoretical study can be applied , in practice we are equally conscious of how the application of ideas in a wide range of specific context can contribute to the ‘ academic ’ pursuit of identifying general theories and models , traditionally taught and still to be taught through disciplines which often impose rather arbitrary boundaries of content . |
| 7 | In manual techniques it is important to position the body so that maximum leverage can be applied and so that body weight can be used to supplement muscle . |
| 8 | It is clear that quantitative methodology can be applied , with interesting results , to data bases other than the bodies of naturally occurring spontaneous speech for which it was originally designed . |
| 9 | It is an excellent example of the way in which thorough research methodology can be applied to complex human experience and provide useful and thought-provoking results . |
| 10 | The the criterion can be applied strategically . |
| 11 | ‘ It will be some time before the results of the experiment can be applied ; not until the child reaches maturity can we evaluate our findings . |
| 12 | The tables on the South side of the Library are unsuitable for the consultation of colour illustrated books , and for leather bound books , until UV screening can be applied to the windows . |
| 13 | In certain states , a rule can be applied in more than one way . |
| 14 | True ‘ living fossils ’ are really rather rare , and the term can be applied to both simple and highly complex organisms that have outlived the time when the earth was populated with many more of their kind . |
| 15 | Rider Haggard 's heroine ( if such a general term can be applied to her ) is introduced in terms that were to become very familiar in his fiction , as a fabled white goddess-figure ruling over an unknown tribal kingdom in unexplored Central Africa . |
| 16 | While Fullan writes in a wide educational context , his work can be applied directly to the initiatives now underway in the UK : |
| 17 | Not only are there problems in making relevance judgments on surrogate documents , i.e. , titles of books ; but also the interactive nature of the search process whereby the query may be reformulated makes it very difficult to see how recall can be applied . |
| 18 | Though the doll motif can be applied to several different characters , its central meaning is a representation of that which Lawrence dislikes in relationships between men and women . |
| 19 | Although it is sometimes realized that the demands of public sector accountability and decision making in a political context can serve to limit the extent to which concepts of efficiency derived from the private sector can be applied uncritically in the public sector domain , there nevertheless remains a feeling that much more could be done to improve resource utilisation . |
| 20 | When minimum AC feedthrough is needed in , for example , a suppressed-carrier modulator , a +-30MV trim voltage can be applied to the X or Y input . |
| 21 | In the United Kingdom , the term deregulation can be applied to : |
| 22 | If the same anticorrelation can be applied to the longer-term decline in the Sun 's diameter , it may provide a clue to the dearth of sunspots during the height of the Little Ice Age , 300 years ago . |
| 23 | While the main purpose of this article is to deal with the larger of the Cichlasoma species , advice on the basics of establishing a cichlid community can be applied to any of the species , even the smallest ones . |
| 24 | In the circuit you set 2400 rpm ( at that engine speed full throttle can be applied if the situation demands ) , and reduce manifold pressure to 20 ’ . |
| 25 | Potassium-argon dating can be applied to volcanic rocks such as lavas and tuffs and although difficult to measure the decay , it attains its maximum usefulness in the Middle and Early Pleistocene and can be used for a range greater than 20,000 years . |
| 26 | If the lubricant can be applied by the man during sexual foreplay , there will be an improvement in the sex act and the troublesome urinary symptoms will disappear as well . |
| 27 | This model of internal marketing can be applied to schools through encouraging teachers to see themselves as customers . |
| 28 | My second point , and it refers to again er something that Barton Willmore referred to and that 's the question er an engine of growth , and it seems to me that that that such a settlement would become an en engine of growth in in the countryside , not least because of of the it would become self fulfilling , er and it would be the obvious sort of sink hole , as Mr Thomas said , for for subsequent land allocations , I think , erm this this point has been touched upon by both the representatives from Leeds City Councils and from Cleveland , Leeds City Council appear not to want it in the Leeds York corridor for just that reason , the representative from Cleveland , who unfortunately is n't here today erm does n't want it in the North of the county for for what I understand to be to be that same reason , erm and the Inspector at the Stone Basset erm enquiry in Oxfordshire , and I I do refer th to this in my evidence , he he drew a very similar conclusion about this when he said , and I quote , once destep once established the new town would generate a momentum of growth that would be difficult to contain , such growth , if allowed , could further harm the rural character of the countryside and the villages in this part of Oxfordshire , I think that conclusion can be applied to North Yorkshire , and I certainly have n't heard anything that would convince me that that such growth once it started could could be controlled , and indeed the the record of controlling growth against erm projected requirements in the structure plan to date has has not been good , witness earlier comments on the structure plan overshoot . |
| 29 | This filtering process can be applied as soon as data becomes available if necessary , since all components are using the Chart to post results . |
| 30 | The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) . |