The phrase "applied to closely" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of being closely related or relevant, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The theory was applied to closely in the analysis, leading to confusion."
Alternatives: "applied too closely" or "applied in a close manner".
For starters, he said, the court ruled only that a federal religious-freedom law applied to "closely held" for-profit corporations run on religious principles.
"After expressly relying on the availability of the religious-nonprofit accommodation to hold that the contraceptive coverage requirement violates RFRA as applied to closely held for-profit corporations, the court now. . .
If the tools that have been developed in humans for complete exome resequencing can be applied to closely related non-human primate species, then these difficulties can be circumvented.
Thus, the court ruled that "The contraceptive mandate, as applied to closely held corporations, violates RFRA".
After expressly relying on the availability of the religious-nonprofit accommodation to hold that the contraceptive coverage requirement violates RFRA as applied to closely held for-profit corporations, the Court now, as the dissent in Hobby Lobby feared it might...retreats from that position.
Furthermore, cross-species microarrays hybridization may be problematic even when applied to closely related species [16], [17].
Although the ruling did not directly address franchising — the business model that many fast food chains rely on — the so-called joint employer standard it established will be applied to closely-watched cases the labor board has brought against McDonald's that allege various violations of workers' rights.
Now researchers report they've figured out how the birds do it a finding that also applies to closely timed, cooperative behaviors in other species, such as humans dancing the tango, rowing a boat together, or having good sex.
Finally, don't be fooled by those who say the ruling is narrow because it only applies to closely held corporations.
The concept, and implications for vaccination, apply to closely related and economically important (Toxoplasma, Theileria, Babesia spp).
The use of microsatellite DNA will likely only apply to closely related species for which markers have been successfully characterized and cross amplify [ 17].
