The phrase "applying for the first time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone who is submitting an application for a particular opportunity or position for the initial occasion.
Example: "I am excited about applying for the first time to this prestigious scholarship program."
Alternatives: "submitting my application for the first time" or "seeking this opportunity for the first time."
If you are applying for the first time through clearing then fill in an application straight away – even before you get a place - because it takes six weeks to process.
This article reveals the existence of a tail risk hidden in the oil market by applying, for the first time, an extreme value theory analysis with a quantile regression procedure.
It was a particularly good day for organisations applying for the first time, with 183 new recipients of funding, ranging from dance companies, such as Ballet Black in London, to theatre companies, such as Newcastle-based Unfolding, to the British Paraorchestra, the world's first professional ensemble for disabled musicians.
The furore is bound to persuade more people to shell out £103 ($173) for a fast-track service, in which passports are supposed to be delivered within a week, or £128 for the pleasure of queuing up at a passport office for a same-day service (although these are only available for those renewing not applying for the first time).
In this work, the development of a new efficient methodology applying, for the first time, matrix solid phase dispersion (MSPD) for the determination of sensitizer isothiazolinone biocides in cosmetics and household products – 2-methyl-3-isothiazolinone (MI), 5-chloro-2-methyl-3-isothiazolinone (CMI), 1,2-benzisothiazolinone (BzI) and 2-octyl-3-isothiazolinone (OI) – is described.
An effective low cost sample preparation methodology for the determination of regulated fragrance allergens in leave-on and rinse-off cosmetics has been developed applying, for the first time, matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) to this kind of analytes and samples.
