Sentence examples for applied mechanically from inspiring English sources

Most freshmen view calculus as a set of rules to be memorized and applied mechanically to solve problems.

And they should not be applied mechanically; some factors may carry far more weight than others depending on the circumstances.

Still, many judges say that the law is a set of neutral principles that can be applied mechanically and ought not to vary depending on the judge applying them.

Though easily abused if applied mechanically, the harmonic sequence has been widely employed by all composers of tonal music, that is, those active from roughly 1700 to about 1900.

While the Supreme Court explained that all thirteen of the above "secondary indicia" are helpful in determining a hiree's employment status, it noted that "the individual factors cannot be applied mechanically as separate tests; they are intertwined and their weight depends on particular combinations". Id. at 351, 256 Cal.Rptr.

While the third fair use factor (amount of copying) is not to be applied mechanically, and necessarily relates to the fourth factor (market harm) as well, there is surely no basis for defendants' argument that copying of from 5%to30%0% of a book was permissible in this case as long as the copied amount was not a substitute for a sale of the full book itself.

"I don't think we can provide an exact formula that will apply mechanically without any application of judgment," said Mr. Bernanke who played a leading role along with Mr. Geithner in the government's bailout of certain banks and financial institutions in 2008.

Sound change is usually assumed to be regular, which means that it is expected to apply mechanically whenever its structural conditions are met, irrespective of any non-phonological factors.

On the basis of several studies of mechanical ventilation in ARDS patients, the same mechanisms of injury could be applied to mechanically ventilated patients during general anesthesia with healthy lungs.

Both hand applied and mechanically applied plastics are widely used.

"The austerity model has been applied rather mechanically," he said.