This group holds that the Lemon test should be applied selectively.
Initially the laws were applied selectively due to the military then civilian administration changes.
Thus the new law was applied selectively with discrimination practiced for the sake of image.
The Bush administration's enthusiasm for human rights would be more believable if it were less selectively applied.
What kind of liberalism is applied selectively - when it best serves one's own benefit?
Learning spelling is, for the most part, brute memory, selectively applied.
Heat is selectively applied to the steel in a slow, linear sweep.
In both cases, the printer selectively applies heat to print text and images.
Is it just that people selectively applied to the task in hand some of the ideas they had come across in reading various books?
Law and justice can be applied selectively in civilian life too, of course, but the military has its own style and structure for each.