1.   That meant that roughly one-tenth of the total eligible population of Cuba applied to leave.

2.   He said the workers had applied to leave under the amnesty but could not because of lack of seats on airliners and ships.

3.   In September, the prisoners were told they could apply to leave for third countries.

4.   According to a recent government report, the number of people from Hong Kong applying to leave the territory has significantly increased in recent months.

5.   To get around the current Taipei government ban on elected officials visiting China in their official capacity, Kuo said they applied to leave the country as private individuals.

6.   The group being expelled Monday had applied to leave the Janja region under the auspices of the exchange commission run by Djurkovic, said Jones.