Example sentences of "[pers pn] apply the " in BNC.

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1 I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact .
2 I do n't imagine that he felt any easier immediately I applied the hot blankets , but suggestion is a powerful weapon in the armoury of the doctor , and he did at least manage a smile .
3 I apply the paint to the nib with a brush .
4 I apply the A A schedule of motoring costs , B one eight one , for an engine capacity of two thousand and one to three thousand C C , of three thousand two hundred and eighty eight pounds and eighty eight pence and subtract from that figure the corresponding figure for an engine capacity of one thousand and one to fourteen hundred C C , namely one thousand two hundred and fifty three pounds and thirteen pence for the vehicle I find that she would otherwise have run .
5 The predominantly transparent colours of the gouache gave my washes a strong tint , and so allowed me to apply the broad washed demanded by a large watercolour .
6 Gloria never sunbathed as she thought it was ageing ; she applied the same effect out of a bottle .
7 If so , this may mean that you applied the strapping ; too tightly .
8 Fig 2 shows what you would end up with if you applied the formula to the chord voicings that were shown in fig 1 .
9 I was surprised to see that you applied the term , ‘ The real McCoy ’ to a picture ( 15 March ) of the village of Pennan , Aberdeenshire , and not the original native term , ‘ The real Mackay ’ .
10 She applies the same , common sense philosophy to the music — despite those who regard her Stock , Aitken and Waterman produced records as mass-produced and moronic .
11 He thought that if you could orient molecules in yarn or film — just as Wallace Carothers did when he invented nylon in the same company in the 1930s — why could n't you apply the same technique to plastic bottles to make them stronger ?
12 How would you apply the principles of horizontal and vertical equity in deciding how much to tax two people , each capable of doing the same work , but one of whom chooses to devote more time to sun-bathing and therefore has a lower income ?
13 ‘ Why do n't you apply the analysis you made of the Moslems to the Copts ? ’
14 Thrift now recommends that she apply the rest of this blob to her complexion rather than wastefully flush it away .
15 The fourth point is the one that requires the greatest skill because it presupposes that you apply the hook at precisely the right time .
16 The further back you apply the weight , the greater the effect .
17 If you apply the same consequences to both children — say , time-out — not only are you relieved of being judge and jury but you encourage them to avoid fights by cooperating or settling differences peacefully .
18 Make sure you apply the mousse evenly throughout the hair or you can end up with a stiff , sticky mess !
19 It may help to take off any surplus moisture from the edges of the paper before you apply the gum strip .
20 Now that would do , that would do whether the , whether the knuckles were hurt or it was just a minor cut in the palm of the hand there , that would do and you can use the same type of bandage on the foot alright , so that 's if the hand was damaged , now supposing we did n't have the hand damaged , but we had instead a cut up here , okay , again clean it and if you clean it with lots of water always remember to dry off around the wound because bugs love a moist skin to grow in , dry the wound before you apply the dressing okay if you can , dry it off the best you can and then you 're going to place that over the cut , remember you want the pad to be long enough , big enough , okay , now she can hold this for you again , she can hold it above where the wound is and now when you bandage this one you always bandage from the narrow part to the fat part of the limb , you always bandage from the narrow to the fat , so you take the bandage down
21 As long as it 's dry before you apply the moisturizer .
22 The non-lexical procedure works by applying rules specifying how a particular letter or letter group is to be pronounced ( and so can not be used for reading exception words aloud correctly , since such words disobey the rules : if you apply the rules to read an exception word aloud , you will produce an incorrect pronunciation , such as reading pint as if it rhymed with mint , hint , lint , etc . ) .
23 Er if the council did n't have any confidence erm in this figure but if erm you apply the er revised worker dens density to the thirty one hectares , you get thirty nine hectares , which reduces the gap
24 You set the weight one sorry the weight , it 's probably it 's it 's hard to explain it like that , but you apply the decoder function F here F bracket to the particular tuple and you get a state J. So you set the weight for that particular state .
25 It is time we applied the same reasoning to all .
26 He then says , if there 's a continuous agr er commitment for weekend working , should we apply the er extra weekend duty payment rather than excess overtime ?
27 Suppose , says Keeler , that we apply the same analysis to other groups of plants — crops , say — and tot up their score on the scale of weediness .
28 We apply the principle of prevention to other areas of our lives ; we regularly visit the dentist even when there is no pain ; or we have fire and burglar alarms installed .
29 If we apply the yardstick of affection and respect to all our dealings with the elderly and they feel this in everything we say to them , most of the small problems which are bound to arise when we are living together stand a reasonable chance of solution .
30 But a NatWest spokesman said : ‘ We apply the same criteria to everybody .
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