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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'selective to' is not technically correct, and it would not be used in written English
If you want to talk about something being selective or choosy, a more suitable phrase would be 'selective about' or 'choosy about.' For example, you could say, "He's very selective about what kind of movies he watches."
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This selection, thus, is highly sensitive and extremely selective to defects in SUMOylation.
But the book has been justifiably selective to capture broad appeal.
The patent-pending device uses nanotechnology to make it entirely selective to acetone alone.
"We had to be real selective to who was in here at night.
It is the only way to be selective, to make choices, when everything is shared.
And there are disagreements at the college and around the university about how selective to be.
Some nonselective pesticides kill indiscriminately; most are selective to some degree.
Although colleges turn to wait lists to fill out their classes, it is unusual for the most selective to go so deep, college officials say.
He believes the question is highly selective, to put it mildly, and goes on to list articles from a variety of newspapers.
It allows us to be selective to the data.
It is an anion exchanger selective to I3− anion.
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