The phrase "apply for an act" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear what specific context you are referring to, as "act" could mean different things, but typically, one would apply for a permit, license, or position rather than an act.
Example: "To participate in the festival, you need to apply for an act that showcases your talent."
Alternatives: "apply for a permit" or "apply for a license."
They needed to buy 2 mile of the Stainforth and Keadby from the Don towards Stainforth, and started to negotiate, while applying for an Act of Parliament.
Lawyers acting for the Metropolitan Police will on Friday apply for an order under the 1989 act requiring the Guardian to hand over documents that could identify the source of information for several articles published as part of the newspaper's investigation into phone hacking.
"When I came in and addressed the players [in February], what I said was that if the business hadn't applied for an insolvency act or administration by the 1st of June, we would be paying their back-dated pay," Rolls told BBC Radio Northampton.
When in need of social services, such as home help, housing adaptations, or meal services, an elderly person can apply for an indication under the Social Support Act (Dutch: Wmo) [ 49].
Many look at the college student who returns to camp year after year as a kind of a knucklehead - the kid who won't grow up, or the student who didn't get their act together to apply for an internship with the UN, The Hague, or at Microsoft.
The state is considering whether to apply for a waiver from the Clean Air Act, as California did.
They therefore applied for a further Act to raise more money.
If you want one, act now and apply for a free ticket before they disappear.
Under the Clinton administration, the E.P.A. began ordering farms to measure emissions and apply for Clean Air Act permits just as factories do.
A peculiarity of certain external and non-self-directable acts is that the relevant utterance must of necessity be not only directed toward a certain subject but also registered or grasped by this subject in a further act: a command must be received and understood by those to whom it is addressed (something which does not apply, for example, to an act of blessing or cursing).
As a senior Liberal Democrat called on the attorney general to block the "extremely bizarre" use of the act, Grant warned that police were turning on the "goodies" after Scotland Yard applied for an order under the 1989 act to require the Guardian to identify its sources on phone hacking.
