Example sentences of "can be apply to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In Section 5 we show how the structure developed here can be applied to two economic problems , one of limit pricing , the other from the optimal policy literature . |
| 5 | It can be applied to all kinds of objective situations or none at all . |
| 6 | A L.C tincture can be applied to all sorts of stings and bites . |
| 7 | Despite the emphasis on important environmental analytes such as pesticide residues , the general principles of immunoassay development and validation outlined in these chapters can be applied to all immunoassays . |
| 8 | Consequently ICAO has very wisely given guidance in general terms that can be applied to all types of large fixed wing aircraft ( not helicopters ) . |
| 9 | Douglas stresses the common features of groupwork and has developed a useful , straightforward approach which can be applied to all groups and groupwork . |
| 10 | There is no simple pattern or model of social change that can be applied to all villages , and there is no single continuum on which all rural communities can be placed ( see chapter 1 above ) . |
| 11 | The Report encouraged the idea that there is one ideal form of organisational structure which can be applied to all organisations . |
| 12 | Languages are not deemed to represent a discrete occupation because they are generic and can be applied to all occupations . |
| 13 | But as Badcock and others argue , the same principles can be applied to all forms of human and animal life . |
| 14 | If there is no blanket strategy that can be applied to all , then more and better individualised pain care is needed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This same observation can be applied to other ways in which we are describing ourselves . |
| 17 | In sections 4.2–4.7 certain elementary relations between sets are used as a model to generate ( i ) a basic set of paradigmatic lexical relations and ( ii ) a set of concepts which can be applied to other relations , yielding clearly defined and systematic variants . |
| 18 | Our other theme , the more general study of homoclinic orbits and bifurcations , is perhaps of even greater importance because it can be applied to other systems of equations as well { 2,9 , 10,20 } . |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that this can be applied to other similar situations of deadlock . |
| 20 | By studying numerous manuscripts , textual critics have been able to work out a set of principles which can be applied to many different sorts of document . |
| 21 | User-defined general formulas , stored separately from data , that can be applied to many cells at once , reducing the complexity and increasing the readability and ‘ shareability ’ of spreadsheets . |
| 22 | The leisure and hospitality industry can offer a wide range of careers which can develop individuals and give them qualities which can be applied to many different business disciplines . |
| 23 | A spirit-based Sanding Sealer can be applied to new or stripped wood , or after it has been stained . |
| 24 | Unfortunately the degrees of confidence that can be applied to such scientific dates are inadequate for a period which can be viewed in terms of generations ( Campbell , Baxter and Alcock 1979 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | State of the art technology can be applied to existing installations to systematically monitor and record all lift activity and events . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Most important , the formal statistical reasoning that can be applied to a-priori hypotheses is strictly invalid for exploratory analysis . |
| 30 | Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ? |