Example sentences of "he apply [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote to him and he sent her a 16mm print , together with letters 12 and 15 pages long , ‘ jammed with such an enthusiasm for movies that words ran together and the pressure he applied to the keys left the paper riddled with holes ’ . |
| 2 | When he applied to the court for permission to marry , as he was required to do since he was under twenty-one and did not have a recognised guardian , the magistrate at Bow Street refused ‘ as he was not in favour of a British girl marrying an alien ’ . |
| 3 | This being refused he applied to the Board , and on 5 February 1992 the Board granted special leave . |
| 4 | He applied to the borough council for a transfer to the Hundens Lane area and claimed the council told him it was ‘ reserved ’ for travelling people . |
| 5 | The offer coincided with a move to separate the Cheltenham Schools of Architecture and Art , with which he disagreed , so he applied for the post and succeeded despite his now apparent and debilitating illness . |
| 6 | When the appellant received notice of the order , he applied for the order to be set aside on the grounds that he had no notice of the proceedings and had nothing to do with it . |
| 7 | He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven . |
| 8 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 9 | In 1959 he applied for the headship of another minor public school , which had the disadvantage of being in Northumberland . |
| 10 | He applied for the job at Hoggatt 's , of course , and was runner-up to Howarth . " |
| 11 | When his court-appointed attorney , Michael Deutsch , filed a discovery motion on 30 August for documents that might show Coleman had been acting under orders when he applied for the Thomas Leavy passport , the DEA , the DIA and the CIA all declined to comply on grounds of national security . |
| 12 | The company said standard vetting procedures were followed , which did not reveal any adverse information about him when he applied for the post . |
| 13 | Has he applied for the same thing ? |
| 14 | An individual is a member of a community from which he obtains considerable benefits , in return he develops special skills which he applies for the benefit of the community . |