Example sentences of "ask [prep] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suchlike suspicions did not deter prospective travellers from paying the high prices asked for such authentic delicacies ; maybe even encouraged brisker sales . |
| 2 | ‘ Why ever not ? ’ he asked with such assumed innocence that she felt like screaming . |
| 3 | She asked in such a way … . |
| 4 | Henry VII , asking for such a loan in 1496 , told his people that ‘ this is a thing of so great weight and importance as may not be failed , and therefore fail ye not thereof for your said part … as ye intend the good and honour of us and of this our realm ; and as ye tender also the weal and surety of yourself ’ . |
| 5 | The committee clerk sent out a simple questionnaire asking for such information as : How many times was planning permission given in conflict with the policies of a Local or Structure Plan ; How many times was permission given against the advice of planning officers . |
| 6 | The questions related to these aims ask about such matters as how often the child is read to and whether s/he is attending any pre-school facility : factors known to link with future success in school ( Newson and Newson , 1977 ; Osborn and Milbank , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Asked about such behaviour she added : ‘ I would be annoyed by it , but I would not feel threatened that he had sexual intercourse with other women . |
| 8 | Members of Parliament are being asked about such matters as their degree of satisfaction with the quantity and quality of financial information available to them and the extent to which they feel that MPs can and should be closely involved in scrutinising the management of government , together with their ‘ unstructured ’ personal response to the problem of the control of the public administration by the House of Commons . |
| 9 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 10 | In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend 's question about population planning assistance to the former Soviet Union , although we have not been asked for such help , last week I agreed that £2 million-worth of medical aid should be spent in the republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 11 | It is not only the Conservative party that has asked for such an explanation ; Labour supporters and sympathisers have done so as well . |
| 12 | It was almost the language of the papal chancery itself , but it was asked in such a manner that the pope could not concede . |
| 13 | Do n't be afraid to ask for such help — a problem is a problem , whether it is a broken leg or an emotional upset . |
| 14 | However , Randall ( with more concern for principled commercial independence than for the economic logic of external benefits ) refused to ask for such a subvention from central reserve funds for his London Board ( which carried the greatest burden of standardisation expenditure ) . |
| 15 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |