The phrase "applying to serve" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of submitting an application for a position or role, particularly in a service capacity, such as in the military, volunteer organizations, or public office.
Example: "She is applying to serve as a volunteer coordinator for the local charity."
Alternatives: "seeking to serve" or "submitting an application to serve".
Athenians rallied round with far greater enthusiasm than was widely predicted, with more people applying to serve as volunteers than ever before.
#FreeGary — Jack of Kent (@DavidAllenGreen) October 16, 2012 He had also passed up the chance of a favorable plea bargain and U.S. authorities had raised no principled opposition to him applying to serve his sentence in Britain, according to Mr. Green.
And we need the thousands of young people who are applying to serve full-time in AmeriCorps in records numbers -- 582,000 applications last year alone for just 80,000 spots.
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The proposed scheme can be applied to serve as the reference for INS maintenance.
In 2007, under a treaty agreement with Thailand, Wilcox applied to serve the remainder of his sentence in Britain.
The ethylene glycol was applied to serve as a stabilizer to govern over the nucleation, growth, and agglomeration processes.
The Egyptians used their hieroglyphic system to write mortuary texts with spells and magic formulas that were applied to serve the spirits of the dead.
When it was put to her that, a sixth of the way into his sentence, after only 10 months, Pistorius would be eligible to apply to serve the rest under house arrest, she replied: "It doesn't matter.
TFN has identified more than a dozen other Texas academics — including the chair of the History Department at Southern Methodist University as well as faculty at the University of Texas at Austin — who applied to serve but did not get appointments to the panels.
After 90 days, he will be eligible to apply to serve his time under house arrest, wearing an ankle bracelet, and return to work so that he can provide for his ailing wife and youngest son.
