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The phrase "applied for the post" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to when someone requested to be considered for a job or position. For example: "John had excellent qualifications, so he applied for the post of head of marketing."
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In 1950, he applied for the post of Nassau County's deputy medical examiner and was accepted.
When Hetherington retired in 1975, Jean applied for the post, keen that a woman should be among the candidates.
Lord Burns told a parliamentary select committee today: "I have not applied for the post of chairman of the BBC.
Excited by the news business, in 1951 he successfully applied for the post of librarian at the Manchester Guardian, a paper he then held in awe.
As MediaGuardian.co.uk has reported, Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt and Radio 4's head of specialist factual programmes, Mohit Bakaya, have also not applied for the post.
After further talks with senior officials in Britain, Mr. Carney reconsidered, applied for the post and was told of his appointment last week, the official said.
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A threshold that best isolated the airway was set to segment the pre-treatment scan, and the same threshold was applied for the post-treatment scan.
Bonferroni correction was applied for the post-hoc test.
There is nothing to show that Larkin did apply for the post.
Still, when he was first approached to apply for the post of executive director, he hesitated.
One senior media industry executive considering applying for the post said that the development was "shocking" and unnerving.
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applied for the opportunity
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applied for the residency
applied for the work
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applied for the marriage
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