Example sentences of "have asked for [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 2 | The two academics had asked for a grant of £40,000 ; they have been given around £18,000 . |
| 3 | The European Commission has decided that the state aid offered to Digital Equipment Corp at its Scottish plant in Ayr conforms with Community rules , the Irish Department of Enterprise & Employment has had to admit : in a letter to the department , Brussels said ‘ The Commission , with regard to information provided by the UK authorities , considers the regional aid granted to the Ayr plant is in conformity with Community rules and the aid received is within the limits approved by the Commission for this region ’ ; the Irish government had asked for a review of state aid to DEC after it decided to transfer some operations from Galway to Ayr . |
| 4 | On his way to the office he had asked for a thermos of coffee to be sent to him and two mugs and a bowl of sugar and some milk . |
| 5 | Unfortunately Lord North saw the question in a different light , for the four dissenting proprietors had asked for the presentation of another candidate . |
| 6 | Both governments had asked for the help of the governments of Argentina , Chile and the Andean Pact countries ( Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru ) to resolve the matter . |
| 7 | The opposition had asked for the nullification of an amnesty decree passed by the former government on those who had committed offences during the May protests , including Suchinda . |
| 8 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 9 | An Italian daily paper said prosecutor Maria Cordova had asked for the indictment of Maradona and Guillermo Coppola for an alleged shipment of 6.6lb of cocaine from Argentina to Italy in 1991 . |
| 10 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 11 | ‘ In addition , I have asked for a timetable of progress . |
| 12 | According to Ravik Smirnov , Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Cultural Commission , the Georgians have already requested the return of knives and weapons from the Kremlin Armoury ; Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have asked for the return of carpets , the Armenians lay claim to the seascape painter Ayvazovskiy , while the Ukrainians want the Cossack Blades . |
| 13 | A parallel debate is evolving in Maine where officials have asked for the removal of a dam , built in 1936 , in order to preserve salmon runs . |
| 14 | She 's asked for the icing of off our cake not our cake and she 's not having it . |