Example sentences of "he apply for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His experiments with cement making led him to apply for a patent which was granted in June 1824 — no. 5,022 entitled ‘ An Improvement in the Modes of Producing an Artificial Stone ’ — the first such patent to be granted . |
| 2 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 3 | He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum . |
| 4 | And he was a wounded pensioner er and he , he applied for a grant which you , which er a wounded soldier in the First World War could get if you had a pension he could get a grant of that pension to learn a trade . |
| 5 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 6 | I was told that his legal advisers were concerned that if he applied for a taxation this would amount to an adoption of the bills and prejudice his other objections to the bill . |
| 7 | Not all the crew was impressed with the wild beauty however , although Dave Scadding , my number one really fell in love with Scotland , so much so that he applied for a transfer to Kirkwall on our return to Southampton . |
| 8 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 9 | On arrival he applied for a passport , but neither the French , the Austrian or the Prussian embassies were willing to provide one and he was ultimately obliged to travel disguised , on a Swiss passport . |
| 10 | Connolly was sentenced to one day 's imprisonment , after which he applied for a summons against the labour master for alleged assault . |
| 11 | He applied for a post in the service of the archduke : but Ferdinand was advised by his mother not to burden himself with such ‘ useless creatures who travel around all over the place , like beggars ’ . |
| 12 | At the suggestion of the Delta Commander he applied for a post at UNACO and was finally accepted six weeks later after a succession of exhaustive interviews . |
| 13 | It is also alleged under the name Garawand he applied for a loan of more than £40,000 to buy the house in Southfield Crescent , Stockton , where he was living . |
| 14 | Wright pleaded guilty to all charges , and also admitted obtaining £207,000 from the Halifax Building Society by deception when he applied for a mortgage claiming , falsely , that he did not have one . |
| 15 | His confidence grew and he applied for a job at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford upon Avon . |
| 16 | He applied for a patent for his design on 26 July 1907 . |
| 17 | In the 1650s Howard evidently also developed an interest in industrial practices , and on 27 October 1660 he applied for a patent for a new method of tanning , the subject of a printed broadsheet , Brief directions how to Tanne Leather according to a new Invention ( n.d . ) . |
| 18 | In 1678 he applied for a patent for a new way of processing flax , which may have been related to investigations of this topic made under the society 's auspices in the 1660s . |