Sentence examples for could not apply from inspiring English sources

I was told I could not apply until I was actually sanctioned.

The judge said that the antiterrorism statute could not apply to a lawyer doing her job.

One father decreed that his four children could not apply to colleges west of the Mississippi.

The legislation meant that boat people arriving on the island could not apply for visas.

He could not apply for scholarships or admission to Florida colleges at tuition rates for state residents.

Forest were rattled and lucky that Done, having rounded De Vries, could not apply the finishing touch.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1995 that states could not apply limits to the terms of members of Congress.

He also does not have an arrival date beyond which young illegal immigrants could not apply for his visa.

But he also said that he could not apply that same action to other groups of people.

Married women could not apply for passports without the addition of their husband's name until the 1930s.

They say the amendment could not apply to those immigrants because there was no illegal immigration when it was adopted.