Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] apply to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the New Temple Period ( 1700–1470 BC ) , inlays made of shell were applied to wooden chests and other furniture . |
| 2 | Once such a formulation is proposed then it can of course be applied to other phenomena ( other than those originally used ) and these are explained as additional instances of the abstractions that have been established . |
| 3 | It maddened Adam , his misuse of this word , which could n't of course be applied to guiding anyone on land , coming as it did from the Latin navigare and thence from navis , feminine , a ship , and agere , to drive or guide . |
| 4 | In practice , you might , for instance : ( a ) Broaden your essay 's conclusions , so that they could in principle be applied to other books , or an author 's work as a whole . |
| 5 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that if the principle that the Government applied in cancelling £14.5 billion worth of debt for all nationalised industries before privatisation were applied to local authorities , there would be little debt left to repay ? |