Example sentences of "[modal v] be applied to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planning elements ( for instance , what time-scales should be applied to new product development activities ? ) |
| 2 | This Act referred primarily to private establishments but the same criteria should be applied to local authority homes . |
| 3 | Perhaps that principle could be applied to other opportunity areas . |
| 4 | Possibly such ideas could be applied to fine tune aloof measurements by distinguishing between different regions of the image and applying weights . |
| 5 | But then ‘ it is difficult to see how analytical reason could be applied to dialectical reason and claim to establish it , if the two are defined by mutually exclusive characteristics ’ . |
| 6 | This volume , and volumes of readings on Environmental Geomorphology and Landscape Conservation ( Coates , 1972 , 1973 ) , have revitalized the scope and focus of geomorphology and the approach contained could be applied to physical geography as a whole . |
| 7 | Conclusions regarding conditions promoting minority language-maintenance or extinction will be applied to public policy-making . |
| 8 | Marx 's argument that the proletariat becomes a revolutionary force because : machinery reduces differences thus homogenising the labour force ; the nature of work in a modern factory requires organisation ; and the exploitation of the industrial system leads to poverty and alienation , can be applied to rural society in Latin America . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Information on the effects of social work is frequently not systematically collected ; where a programme of research studies has been conducted over the past decade , it has often proved difficult to develop a co-ordinated body of knowledge which can be applied to future work . |
| 11 | Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ? |
| 12 | It remains to be seen to what extent they can be applied to social work . |
| 13 | Sociolinguists working in the variationist paradigm have concentrated on studying phonological variation , and it is doubtful whether variationist techniques can be applied to grammatical variation at all . |
| 14 | Much the same comment can be applied to comic crime . |
| 15 | ‘ This resulted in an extension of the available technology that can be applied to nuclear plant for process , safety and safeguarding purposes . |
| 16 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says that Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecommunications systems that are either open or proprietary . |
| 17 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecomms systems that are either open or proprietary . |