Example sentences of "apply [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this latter regard , a distinction must be drawn between , on the one hand , Bills of general application — Public Bills , and Bills applying only to a particular area or person — Private Bills . |
| 2 | To be accurate , ‘ private press ’ should be applied only to a press where the owner 's or operator 's chief objective is to print a fine book , without being at the mercy of a publisher 's instructions and a first necessity to show a profit , even though he may sell his wares through commercial channels . |
| 3 | John Carter , on the other hand , concluded that ‘ as generally understood , the term private press would be applied only to a shop where the work was hand-set and hand-printed ’ . |
| 4 | Although there is some laxity in the use of the term , ‘ broadside ’ or ‘ broadsheet ’ should properly be applied only to a complete , undivided large sheet , printed on one side . |
| 5 | Among the Kimberley tribes the snakes are called Unguds , the word ‘ Ungud ’ being applied primarily to a life principle or a ‘ vital force ’ , and the natives believe that the Wandjina and Ungud paintings must be restored at the beginning of the wet season to ensure that rain will fall and fertilization proceed . |
| 6 | His Lordship , however , also spoke about a machine which issues railway tickets and his comments would appear to apply equally to a machine selling goods . |
| 7 | The main discussion below of wake structure is intended to apply primarily to a self-preserving wake . |
| 8 | It applies only to a few high risk processes and is invariably achieved by means of heat . |
| 9 | Mr. Armitage [ junior counsel for the plaintiff ] suggested that clause ( b ) applies only to a mistake made by the officials in the Registry and not to a mistake made or induced by one or other of the parties . |
| 10 | The defence contained in the proviso applies only to a contravention of subs . |
| 11 | Curiously , the Order discriminates against Scottish and Irish lawyers : the relaxation of the general rule applies only to a defined class of EC lawyers from which those qualified in Scotland or Northern Ireland are , whether by accident or design , excluded . |
| 12 | Exceptions to this rule should apply only to a limited number of sectors enumerated in the Treaty . ’ |
| 13 | Consequently , the defence account of mistake is of general applicability whereas the definitional account can apply only to a limited range of cases . |
| 14 | This would apply only to a juvenile already in care of a local authority and then found guilty of a further imprisonable offence , and would be for a fixed period of not more than six months . |
| 15 | If asthmatics with reflux were somehow more readily influenced to have endoscopy than asthmatics without reflux , our results would apply only to a selected group of asthmatics , and selection bias would be present . |
| 16 | a requirement or condition which he applies or would apply equally to a man but — ( i ) which is such that the proportion of women who can comply with it is considerably smaller thin the proportion of men who can comply with it , and ( ii ) which he can not show to be justifiable irrespective of the sex of the person to whom it is applied , and ( iii ) which is to her detriment because she can not comply with it . |
| 17 | Such a principle can apply equally to a constructive dismissal ; see Chapter 15 . |
| 18 | ‘ You tend to lose the origins of it ’ , was what Anne Smith said about Bellerby Feast , but the observation could apply equally to a number of events whose origins are lost in the ‘ mists of time ’ . |
| 19 | Firth 's strictures would , of course , apply equally to a very large number of sentences appearing in language teaching textbooks and practised by pupils . |
| 20 | The term sub-contractor may apply equally to a private or public company , any corporate or public body , as well as any individual self employed person or partnership . |
| 21 | It is an excellent rule not to destroy any living organism without good cause , and this applies particularly to a potential human being . |
| 22 | Thirdly , the reasoning in the preceding paragraph applies equally to a number of separate covenantors each liable to perform the same obligation as in the case before me . |
| 23 | That this principle applies even to a person convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment seems to me to emerge clearly from the decision in this court in Reg. v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison , Ex parte St. Germain [ 1979 ] Q.B . |
| 24 | Indirect sex discrimination occurs where you have to comply with a requirement which is , or would be , applied equally to a person of the opposite sex , but : |
| 25 | The picture I am trying to convey , and it is one which is borne on me with passionate intensity almost every time I enter a primary school class , is of rigid and often unsuitable instruments ( the centralised curriculum plan , textbooks , methods of assessment ) imposed in situations where they do not apply or where they apply only to a small number of individuals within a group . |
| 26 | I do n't think what you run makes any difference , because I 've run companies of very diverse natures and the principles that apply to British Steel at one end apply equally to a small company at the other end of the scale . |