Example sentences of "be applied to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Whereas the primary directions can be applied universally , the secondary may be applied to certain conditions or ailments . |
| 3 | For example , Prentky , in his book Creativity and Psychopathology , tabulates the probable psychiatric diagnoses that could be applied to certain eminent writers , artists , scientists and composers . |
| 4 | A third objection which could be raised is that it would be undesirable if the suggested approach were to be applied to certain types of jurisdictional error . |
| 5 | Subdivisions that might be applied to certain types of headings ( such as places , literatures , and so on ) are shown under key headings in the main list . |
| 6 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
| 7 | Scanning electron microscopy ( SEM ) is becoming an increasingly useful tool for furthering archaeological knowledge , and it is beginning to be applied to various aspects of archaeological work . |
| 8 | It is also necessary to carry out further work on the production of teaching materials , identifying specific gaps in existing resources , whilst drawing general lessons for syllabus design , teaching methods and materials which can possible be applied to various community languages . |
| 9 | This is the technique of flash photolysis , and again it can be applied to gaseous or to liquid samples . |
| 10 | Taylor begged leave to deny that analogies drawn from lead mines in stratified rocks are to be applied to deep copper mines and he considered it rather hard to have " crude suggestions of this sort pressed upon us " . |
| 11 | Now , while such a description can be applied to Buid relations with neighbouring highland groups and with certain types of spirits , it is not applicable to their relations with lowlanders . |
| 12 | However , in the case of the Camerons ' battling Yorkies , diagnosis is more clear-cut and the initial stages of treatment , at least , can be applied to similar cases with a good chance of producing improvements . |
| 13 | Not only is this episode interesting in itself , but it also contains important lessons which can be applied to similar attempts at implementing Marxism within a democratic framework . |
| 14 | Local authorities , housing associations , community groups , government agencies , private developers and building societies were all represented at the launch , where they were told how Middlesbroughwrought experience and expertise could be applied to similar schemes nationwide , with the SkillBuilding social enterprise company offering guidance on planning , funding , construction and long-term management and also able to act as developer or sub-contractor . |
| 15 | Data analysis techniques were largely developed to cater for the implementation of database systems , although that does not mean that they can not be applied to non-database situations . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In discussing the various types of eruption that are generally recognized , it was emphasized that labels such as ‘ Strombolian ’ or ‘ Plinian ’ should only be applied to recognizable phases of an eruption ; they may not necessarily apply to the whole thing . |
| 18 | Both of these methods will be discussed briefly , but it 's important to remember that any particular grouping should only be applied to individual recognizable phases of an eruption , and that it does n't necessarily apply to the whole thing . |
| 19 | Updates can be applied to individual sheets or , in the case of something like a heading change , to all of them simultaneously . |
| 20 | Emission standards are designated for a large number of pollutants or combinations of pollutants and may be applied to individual or specific groups of emitters . |
| 21 | Derrida 's assertion is , of course , a summary of his thinking on language in general and may be applied to individual texts . |
| 22 | The principle can also be applied to dielectric data which can be shifted either along the temperature or the frequency axis . |
| 23 | These can all be applied to existing vines but without removing any of the top foliage , the advantage being that if the new scion fails to take , the vine still lives and further attempts can be made . |
| 24 | In particular these ideas will be applied to existing errors within the system . |
| 25 | Conventional evaluation techniques will be applied to existing courses and these will be analysed to identify the IT content . |
| 26 | State of the art technology can be applied to existing installations to systematically monitor and record all lift activity and events . |
| 27 | Theory Z was put forward by W G Ouchi as an ‘ advance ’ on Theory Y. It attempts to draw on the successful management techniques of large Japanese companies , and suggests how the key elements of successful Japanese management methods can be applied to Western management and organisation . |
| 28 | The same kind of basic research continued after the war and provided the groundwork for endless discoveries which could be applied to peaceful ends . |
| 29 | Most important , the formal statistical reasoning that can be applied to a-priori hypotheses is strictly invalid for exploratory analysis . |
| 30 | A similar test can hardly be applied to legal advice . |