The phrase "apply for him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you are trying to suggest that another person would be a good candidate for a certain job, program, or other opportunity. For example: "My friend John is highly qualified for the position, so I think you should apply for him."
He sat impassively throughout the 10-minute hearing as prosecutor Suraj Minocha applied for him to be remanded in custody.
His nursery agreed to keep him for an extra year, and his parents applied for him to enter reception class this year.
Seven Swedish MPs have now applied for him to be awarded the Nobel peace prize, a move supported by the International Publishers Association.
The youngster cannot be named but the local authority that applied for him to be made a ward of court was Brighton and Hove city council.
And he went to drama school at 29 – a girlfriend basically applied for him, and said, you won't be happy working in this lab.
The radical cleric's lawyers immediately applied for him to be released on bail as it looked likely that deportation proceedings will still take many months.
His lawyers immediately applied for him to be released on bail as it looks likely that deportation proceedings will still take many months.
I will leave his individual legal opinions to Supreme Court scholars, but I think on their face these statements show a certain kind of a double standard, one standard that applies for him and his own endeavors and ambitions and then a different kind of standard that would apply generally for the population.
If, for example, my husband has a stroke and we apply for Medicaid for him, I may decide to declare spousal refusal in order to protect my nest egg of $300,000.
Beatty said he would not have written the book had his partner not persuaded him to apply for a grant that allowed him time to complete the book.
