Example sentences of "applies for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a tenant who is not already a council tenant applies for a council house , the local authority , before granting a secure tenancy finds out whether the council house will be occupied by the tenant alone or whether the council house will become the joint home of the tenant and a member of the tenant 's family who has been residing with the tenant . |
| 2 | Before anyone applies for a grant from the Social Fund they should check what money is in the estate of the person who has died , such as in bank or building society accounts ; whether there will be any money from insurance policies or charities , friends or relatives ( either of the person claiming the grant or the person who has died ) ; and any savings that the person claiming has over £500 . |
| 3 | If a relative applies for a residence order to discharge the child from care the court can make a s34 contact order if it decides not to grant the residence order . |
| 4 | Fundamentally , the inventor ( or more usually , the employer of the inventor ) applies for a patent to the Patent Office in London , whether the inventor wants a United Kingdom patent or one which extends to other countries as well . |
| 5 | The planet p' is so small that even the biggest available telescopes can not possibly observe it ; the experimental astronomer applies for a research grant to build yet a bigger one . |
| 6 | This uncertainty about the proper role of litigation by private citizens is also reflected in the requirement that a litigant who applies for a prerogative order must first seek the leave of the court to do so . |
| 7 | In the UK , if a talented person applies for a job he will be turned away if there is no vacancy ; in the USA a job is likely to be created to take advantage of that person 's talents . |