apply on the attacker vs apply on attacker

Some examples from the web:

• Then maybe alec rushes the attacker.
• The attacker was cleverer than we thought.
• Alejandro said the attackers knew his name.
• It indicates she knew the attacker.
• I mean, definitely not the attacker.
• I've devised a plan to draw out the attacker.
• So maybe the attacker sedated the dog first.
• She didn't find any from the attacker.
• She identified him as the attacker.
• The attacker wears a padded suit.
• The officer has to fend off the attacker using his or her baton.
• The attacker broke my left hand.
• The attackers gained entrance to the apartment...
• The attackers knew it was on this transport, which means...
• See Sterni, if the attacker has a rotary engine then...
• ...and that the attacker has been identified.
• And the attacker would have to know the building.
• This is where the attacker was hidden.
• It is therefore making a victim out of the attacker.
• Initially police refused to register a first information report (FIR) against the attackers.

Some examples from the web:

• The Commission Notice concerning Regulations (EEC) Nos 1983/83 and 1984/83 also ceases to apply on 31 May 2000.
• The provisions of Article 56 regarding the products referred to therein shall apply on a supplementary basis.
• The qualification process is defined taking into account the rules which apply on the concerned infrastructures.
• It shall apply on export licences lodged as from 1 September 2006.
• Article 1(2) shall apply on licences issued as from its entry into force.
• Normally such conditions should apply on a limited basis where they restrict the free movement of workers.
• There were three rounds of applications during which various interested parties could apply on the first-come, first-served principle.
• The Protocol implementing the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement ceased to apply on 28 February 2011.
• Indeed, it is recalled that these importers apply on average a mark-up of 200 %.
• National rules shall apply on these lines.
• The enlargement Protocol applies on a provisional basis with effect from 1 May 2004.
• It shall apply on export licences applied for from 27 May 2005.
• This Decision shall apply on the date Croatia accedes to the Convention.
• This Regulation shall cease to apply on 31 August 2028.
• Decision 2011/30/EU ceases to apply on 31 July 2013.
• The Agreement applies on a provisional basis from 1 March 2013.
• Sorry, sir, that offer only applies on the day of purchase.
• Freedom of expression must also apply on the Internet.
• Democratic basic rights and the universal value system apply on the Asian continent as well.
• We believe that Swedish rules should apply on Swedish territory.