Sentence examples for long applying from inspiring English sources

Linguistic theories of how people think have always seemed to him psychologically unrealistic — requiring far too sophisticated a capacity for logical inference, for one thing, and taking far too long, applying general rules to particular cases, step by step.

China has long applied stringent controls.

This approach has long applied to qualified pension and profit-sharing plans.

American women have long applied fine needlepoint to pillows, tapestries and patchwork quilts.

S-corporations provide the same tax treatment that has long applied to sole proprietorships and partnerships.

The same advantages that have long applied to the sons of politicians seeking office themselves apply to women, of course.

The International Quartet (the US, the UN, Russia and the EU) has long applied three principles Hamas must adopt to take part in negotiations.

Record clips up to 60 seconds long, apply a range of filters and then share to YouTube and various social networks.

The same closed-mouth approach has long applied to the drone campaign in Pakistan, which is old news but remains a top-secret covert action program.

In that spirit, the decision seems contrary to rules about fair disclosure (not to mention fair play) that have long applied to public companies.

Al-Shabaab emerged from the tradition of the shifta, a word long applied in east Africa to common bandits, but also (less frequently, and depending who was speaking) to rebel groups.