Example sentences of "[be] ask [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | … it seems clear that either the basic subscription should be increased to say £12 so as to recover the cost of four issues of the journal and leave £7 for the lifeboat service , or members should be asked to pay a subscription for the journal . |
2 | You will normally be asked to pay a deposit for tools and equipment ( often in the form of a cheque which is returned to you when you-return the goods ) . |
3 | Sometimes other service-providers failed to understand the symptoms of dementia and therefore took inappropriate decisions on clients ' behalf ; for example , a social worker who had been asked to assess a client for residential care failed to realise that questions about the client 's own preferences would have to be phrased in such a way that the client could understand what was being proposed for her . |
4 | Her musical career continues — she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle . |
5 | Suppliers are asked to propose a timetable for achieving the following objectives : |
6 | The Famous Grouse , like all the 1991 World Cup sponsors , had a first refusal option included in their contract ; in other words they are asked to make a bid for 1995 before the marketing agent goes to the open market . |
7 | The Commission was being asked to frame a philosophy for criminal justice and to measure the performance of penal proceedings against it . |
8 | These were asked to complete a questionnaire for the assessment of personality together with an inventory of sexual practices and attitudes . |
9 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
10 | It was now once again resolved that two professors should be appointed , and the medical committee was asked to arrange a plan for their appointment and to define their duties . |
11 | One member of each pair was asked to describe a drawing for their partner to draw — the casters ' may not have been the most successful — but it certainly proved to be the funniest ! |
12 | STUART RILEY , a marketing specialist at the University of Lancaster , recognised his role in industrial change when he was asked to wear a suit for factory visits . |
13 | STUART RILEY , a marketing specialist at the University of Lancaster , recognised his role in industrial change when he was asked to wear a suit for factory visits . |
14 | Mr Wood recalled an incident last year when the Stokesley group was asked to find a site for the release of a badger which had been taken to Throckley . |
15 | Very soon after Michael 's retirement he was asked to chair a review for government . |
16 | The new product was created when Redland was asked to develop a paver for the Wakefield Cathedral Precinct scheme which would exactly match Wakefield Cathedral 's Yorkstone fabric . |