Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] asked the " in BNC.

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1 WEST Germany has asked the UN Security Council to meet to discuss the situation in Romania .
2 In my area of east London , the TEC has asked the careers service to canvass for places because the training providers are not coming up with them .
3 Well , Tam has asked the question but answered it elsewhere , writing that Crossman 's ‘ sense of his own position in the elite of the nation never deserted him ’ , and that ‘ he seldom if ever had any doubts about his place at the very epicentre of the British Establishment ’ .
4 Coun Cussons has asked the police to step in to remedy the situation , but Cheshire 's Chief Constable , David Graham , says there is little they can do to persuade landlords to let younger drinkers back in .
5 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has asked the Ministry of Defence for more information .
6 The LFS has asked the same question about temporary working only since I 9836 and the latest survey results available are those from 1986 .
7 To cushion the firm from immediate financial problems , Comsat has asked the government to guarantee that it will continue to buy data for 15 years .
8 India has asked the government of the United Arab Emirates to return two of the brothers .
9 Mrs Bottomley has asked the committee to make recommendations to her by the beginning of 1994 .
10 This will permit the public to have much greater access to the estate , including the riverside , and Geoff Wood has asked the Countryside Commission to confirm that this will also apply to the River Wharfe itself around which the estate is located .
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