Example sentences of "can [adv] be applied to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution procedure for TRPs can obviously be applied to TPs but certain special features arise from the extra structure . |
| 2 | The logic of exploiting the perception gap between the real cost of benefits and their perceived value to the employee can obviously be applied to other benefits . |
| 3 | National rules in the member states where services are provided can only be applied to the extent that the public interest requires it , and after due account is taken of the national rules applied to the company in the member state of establishment . |
| 4 | It is felt that this approach provides a general procedure having wide applications , instead of producing a very specific " tailor made " system that can only be applied to one company . |
| 5 | Styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , and the formatting details are stored in the markers which occur at the end of each paragraph . |
| 6 | As styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , you do n't have to be too careful about selecting text ; just pop the cursor anywhere in the block and the formatting will be applied to the whole paragraph . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , literal mnemonics can only be applied to a very limited number of subjects in a scheme or the order of subjects will be distorted . |
| 8 | In the case of the substantive apple , it is obvious that the lexeme evoked by this word can only be applied to objects of our experience which are by nature apples : it can not be said of a pen or an eraser . |
| 9 | All behaviouristic theories of cognition are viciously third-personal , where that expression signifies , first , that they can not be applied to the first-person perspective and , second that our ability to apply them to the third person really rests on our bringing to bear first-person knowledge : as with rats in mazes , where my plain and unreduced apprehension of the rat 's environment enables me to see its grasp of that environment in terms of its behaviour within it . |
| 10 | Most certainly it can not be applied to the peasant buildings of a century or so later . |
| 11 | At least with the man , a urethritis can be diagnosed , albeit imperfectly , by noticing pus cells in the urethra , but the same criteria can not be applied to the woman . |
| 12 | This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books . |
| 13 | While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change . |
| 14 | The equation linking trades unionism with Labour 's advance can not be applied to London ; not only were unions weak , but in the interwar period suffered setbacks as the depression deepened . |
| 15 | This criticism can not be applied to the results for 1984–90 . |
| 16 | ‘ Realism maintains that universal moral principles can not be applied to the actions of states in their abstract universal formulation . ’ |
| 17 | This rule can not be applied to items from the newer weaving countries ( Pakistan and the Balkans , etc ) which produce workshop versions of almost any type of design . |
| 18 | He argues that the ‘ local state ’ is not simply the national state writ small , and that a general theory of the state can not be applied to the local level . |
| 19 | First , the models are one-dimensional only and can not be applied to a real solid . |
| 20 | The general technique for converting an equation valid for SR into one valid in all frames , namely replacing normal derivatives by covariant derivatives , can not be applied to gravitation . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The biblical account of Adam naming the world can easily be applied to the mass media . |
| 23 | What we have said about modulations in major keys can easily be applied to minor keys , with a little common sense . |
| 24 | A quantitative method can still be applied to these cases , if stylistically homogeneous sections can be separated out as different " texts " within the same work . |
| 25 | They say that search is monotonic if , whenever two operators can be applied to a state , either can still be applied to the state produced by the other . |
| 26 | A similar test can hardly be applied to legal advice . |
| 27 | To take but one example of overlap , the kinds of question that are routinely asked in media education can fruitfully be applied to literature : who is communicating with whom and why ; how the text has been produced and transmitted ; how it conveys its meaning . |
| 28 | In short , where there is an articulated policy which can clearly be applied to a case , development control and appeal decisions tend to abide by it . |
| 29 | The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper . |
| 30 | Coleridge said that Shakespeare was ‘ miriadminded ’ , but the term can also be applied to its gifted originator , too . |