Example sentences of "apply for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the month , Raybestos and the IDA applied for a temporary injunction to prevent Michael Lenihan of Ringaskiddy , and anyone acting on his behalf , from picketing the dump site . |
| 2 | Quickly picking up the Efik language and immersing herself in work amongst the women , Mary applied for a remote station where she could live frugally and send more of her £60 salary to her family in Scotland . |
| 3 | I recently applied for a home-improvement loan that would raise my present mortgage above the building society 's original valuation of the property . |
| 4 | Everything here fed his masochism — as he had known instinctively that it would when he applied for a similar position in the English coalfields some years before , only to be told that he was not mature enough . |
| 5 | Repeating a five-year-old falsehood about his nationality , he applied for a one-year renewal of his passport on 24 September 1938 and , on this occasion , repeated what he now knew to be false that he was British by birth . |
| 6 | The question of who is an " occupant " is discussed in Paterson v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 37 , where a new manager who applied for a permanent transfer of an off sale licence was held not to be an " occupant " where he had no interest in the premises other than as an employee . |
| 7 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 8 | In December 1937 he applied for a short-service commission in the RAF and to his evident amazement was accepted and sent for elementary flying training in 90 m.p.h . |
| 9 | Letting someone else decide — most often manifest in people applying for a wide range of jobs perhaps with little in , because they are unable to decide which is most appropriate for them and hoping that somehow the right choice will be made by the employers themselves . |
| 10 | The Standards will form part of the criteria which have to be met by firms applying for a legal aid franchise , but they will apply to all solicitors ' practices , whether seeking a franchise or not . |
| 11 | Given that people die , sometimes fail to complete the registration forms correctly , or move without applying for a postal vote , the electoral register is never 100% accurate . |
| 12 | Others will invite parents to attend for interview when their son or daughter is applying for a Compact job . |
| 13 | Describing NAB 's decision as ‘ outrageous ’ , Bond Corporation is today applying for a restraining order to prevent the receivers taking any action until a full court hearing on Tuesday . |
| 14 | The dominant reason for applying for a particular course was vocational ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 15 | It is designed to help each applicant to make an informed decision before applying for a particular programme of study . |
| 16 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 17 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 18 | It was true also that she gave English lessons and that she had applied for a full-time job as an English teacher in a small private school . |
| 19 | As a result of advice from me and from others , the family has applied for a new replacement grant on the same building . |
| 20 | The six times world champion could see a full ball and the standard miss rule was applied for a forfeited frame . |
| 21 | The CSIRO has just applied for a worldwide patent for its use as a fumigant . |
| 22 | Miss Clare Reggiori , prosecuting , applied for a four-week remand in custody , saying forensic evidence needed to be examined . |
| 23 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 24 | Lyppard Grange is a listed building so the City Council ca n't have it knocked down but it has applied for a compulsory purchase order . |
| 25 | So pressure was now applied for a speedy conclusion to the work . |
| 26 | Of the importing countries the UK government applied for a six-month exemption for Hong Kong , where 3,000 carvers and other workers depended on ivory for their livelihood , to dispose of its stockpile . |
| 27 | In 1988 the plaintiff applied for a charging order on the defendant 's house in respect of damages , interest and costs . |
| 28 | The British government has applied for a one-year exemption from European Community environmental legislation requiring all new cars to be fitted with catalytic converters from 1 January 1993 . |
| 29 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 30 | The successful " buck-a-day " cost-cutting programme that is used in the USA works because the strong motivation Is applied for a short time . |