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The phrase "turn down application" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a truncated version of a phrase that might refer to rejecting or declining an application. Example: "We regret to inform you that we have to turn down your application for the position."
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The Welsh government opposes fracking and has instructed local authorities to turn down applications.
However, not everyone who meets the initial criteria will get a loan through the bank, with some commentators suggesting that HSBC is more likely than some other lenders to turn down applications.
My experience of submitting planning applications, both for myself and clients, is that it comes down to the subjective views and prejudices of individual planning officers and inspectors, who can turn down applications using vague criteria such as 'unneighbourly development' or 'impact on amenity'".
He said it would get even worse if Environment Minister Alex Attwood did not turn down applications for large out-of-town shopping centres.
"We turn down applications every day," says Shulem.
Mr. Thompson said the government had turned down applications from 29 companies.
UK Border Agency documents reveal it is turning down applications from local authorities to employ qualified social workers from outside the EU.
But on Thursday, the Times revealed that Mar-a-Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, employed hundreds of overseas guest workers legal ones while turning down applications from U.S. residents.
Citing fears about the ability to control what appears on a Web site, the board turned down applications for.kids, a domain for children proposed by.Kids Domains Inc., and.health, a domain for medical Web sites proposed by the World Health Organization.
And on Friday, a committee that makes recommendations to the agency turned down applications from two other suburban districts in addition to Glen Cove -- Hendrick Hudson near Peekskill and Harrison, both in Westchester County.
He said officials of the Justice Department turned down applications from the two families in September, saying that neither of the two auxiliary officers qualified as public safety officers because they did "not have the power to make arrests".
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