Example sentences of "had applied for a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was the third time the hospital had applied for a government grant for the unit .
2 The Ombudsman found that the DTI committed errors in its advice to Barlow Clowes back in 1976 and if it had applied for a licence then it would not have been granted one .
3 Fields , he learned , owned a ‘ paper ’ airline , British Atlantic , which had applied for a licence to fly from Gatwick to Newark airport , New York , on an air ‘ frequency ’ which had been vacant since the collapse of Laker Airways two years before .
4 He had applied for a grant but at the time Liverpool City Council was snowed under by applications .
5 In the Gaming Boards case B and K had applied for a certificate of consent from the Gaming Board to entitle them to apply for a gaming licence .
6 Alexa said she had applied for a modelling but had received no reply .
7 She 'd known exactly what she was getting into when she had applied for a job with the commodity brokers , McKenzie Dunton .
8 One of these , a young man called Steve Fields , had applied for a job as a paint sprayer .
9 He would never be officially informed that Rich had applied for a warrant and to expect a bailiff at his door next week .
10 Masha had suffered when her husband had applied for a visa .
11 He had gone then to the Syrian Embassy and had applied for a visa for himself , for his English-born wife , for his two daughters .
12 He said Mr McGuigan had applied for a weapon and been turned down by the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
13 Mr Harris had applied for a clemency hearing before the governor , Mr George Deukmejian .
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