11. The various previous applications have been more or less successful, but have suffered from bureaucratic clumsiness. 12. Previous applications are in the archive.13. "I have given up hope because all my previous applications have been ignored by the land office ". 14. SBC's previous application to the FCC to be allowed to enter the $ 80 billion long-distance market have failed. 15. The FDA had rejected Buckman's two previous applications , made in behalf of AcroMed Corp ., for marketing the device. 16. The stock exchange rejected Lai's previous application to seek a listing for Apple Daily and its sister magazine, Next. 17. The FDA had rejected Buckman's two previous applications , made on behalf of AcroMed Corp ., for marketing the device. 18. The 737 wings were closer to the ground than previous applications for the CFM56, necessitating several modifications to the engine. 19. The presumption throughout was that the deal would be approved, as were 19 previous applications under Presidents Clinton and Bush. 20. Bell pointed to a variable resistance device in Bell's previous application in which Bell described a cup of mercury, not water.
