1.   His company has applied for patents on the method.

2.   The company has applied for permission to drill for oil.

3.   The company applies its techniques through workshops or residencies over extended periods of time in hospitals, community centres of special schools.

4.   The company has applied for permission to drill two more holes in the nearby Lake District National Park, but this drilling permission has thus far not been granted.

5.   They now wait to see if the mortgage company Dorend will apply for possession.

6.   The Home Office said one company had so far applied for a licence.

7.   Among the various finishes the company can apply are stucco, limestone, brownstone and brickface.

8.   And there the board has come up with a method that will be both more costly for companies to apply and less useful for investors than an obvious alternative.