The phrase "apply a few" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting the implementation or use of a small number of items, methods, or principles in a particular context.
Example: "To improve the project's outcome, we should apply a few best practices from previous successful initiatives."
Alternatives: "utilize a few" or "implement a few".
But Thomson's consistency enabled him to apply a few basic ideas to a number of areas of study.
With construction adhesive, you only have to apply a few dabs to the back of each strip and press them in place.
Smooth the wood with fine-grit sandpaper then apply a few coats of boiled linseed oil (available in hardware and paint stores).
Not sure what to do with your leftover sample pots from Farrow & Ball's Blackened and Cabbage White look especially pretty with cardboard brown (apply a few stripes or an entire coat).
Next, clean off the threads on the shower head arm, and, if the directions on your new shower head so suggest, apply a few layers of plumber's tape to the threads, in a clockwise direction.
Also, all U.S. public grape breeding programs now have access to DNA marker technology, which has allowed VitisGen researchers to begin helping grape breeders apply a few known trait markers to their programs.
The eight professional magicians apply a few new tricks to ancient illusions: Magical Bones does a backflip as he pulls off a classic card trick, and Jamie Allan pulls a bunch of flowers out of an iPad before sawing a woman in half with a livid green laser.
Ryan has apologised for suggesting that his defense should apply a few splashes of seasoning to the running back when the two teams met in Miami earlier this year; Bush has thus far refused to do so over his suggestion that an injury suffered by Darrelle Revis in that game was karma.
In the intervening period, Washington has done nothing except apply a few Band-Aids.
Instead, scientists may want to apply a few journalistic nonfiction principles that could help them connect with readers, Burke recommends.
It can take time to hear back from potential hostels, so apply a few months in advance.
