Sentence examples for off from applying from inspiring English sources

The figures suggest more women than men have been put off from applying to university.

"No doubt the funding will be massively helpful, particularly in stopping people being put off from applying," Mr. Selby said.

The management board has seemed to be a bit of closed shop, which becomes self-reinforcing, putting women off from applying.

"But the risk is that others from less advantaged backgrounds, who are still very good, are being put off from applying.

They may have put their past behind them, yet they will continue to be excluded by blanket screening procedures or put off from applying for roles as they believe ticking the 'X' puts them out of the running.

It fears that older would-be nurses and those from poorer backgrounds will be put off from applying because of the prospect of racking up big student loan debts.

Also, some teachers are perhaps putting off students from applying because they believe they may not fit in or adapt well to study at an elite institution.

Mark Cook, a lawyer and chair of REalliance CIC has written about the potential for the secretary of state to introduce further requirements for groups bidding to run local authority services, which could put off many from applying in the first place.

Debt might not be putting off poorer students from applying to universities, but many tens of thousands a year are unable to get a place when they apply.

We recently suggested that last year's democracy protests, and their criticism of the Communist Party, could put off mainland students from applying to Hong Kong schools In Hong Kong there are differences of opinion on the way things are being conducted.

Time and again, students predicted that the prospect of running up tens of thousands of pounds of debt would put people off from even applying for college, whether it was their younger brothers and sisters, their cousins or simply anyone from a poorer background.