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The phrase 'were applied by' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are describing a process or action that has been conducted by someone or something. For example: The new policies were applied by the governing body.
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Of those, only about 30 products, including Gillette razor blades, carry individual tags that were applied by their manufacturers.
The school of Abū Ḥanīfah acquired such prestige that its doctrines were applied by a majority of Muslim dynasties.
The coatings were applied by spraying in three layers.
Axial and rotational restraints were applied by a restraint beam.
Oxidative treatments were applied by thermal, acid and electrochemical means.
Several cycles of analysis were applied by the first author to retrieve all information.
Most measures were applied by two firms, whereas only one firm changed the product design.
The strengths of treated and untreated paper yarn were applied by ISO5079-Breaking strength.
The specific image processing algorithms were applied by Berryman (Berryman 1985).
Different back-pressure levels were applied by changing downstream throttling ratio.
Loads were applied by the humeral component to glenoid components with different conditions of fixation.
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