Example sentences of "to be asked [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this , a CAA Surveyor was to be asked to inspect the modifications to determine whether the CAA would categorise them as Minor or a Major Modifications and to establish the details of the flight testing required . |
| 2 | Each force is to be asked to disclose the names of its informants . |
| 3 | The layoffs include ninety full-time ( two curatorial ) , seventy-six part-time , and seventy-eight occasional employees , of whom fewer than one hundred are likely to be asked to return . |
| 4 | The town authorities were to be asked to notify the master of the news of the approach of enemy aircraft . |
| 5 | The second one-day game in Guyana was played against a background of uncertainty over whether Robin Jackman was about to be asked to vacate the premises . |
| 6 | He was a practitioner of the old school who was intrigued to be asked to treat a child named after the mother of Oedipus , but unimpressed with anything she had to say . |
| 7 | Where the accountants advise that the Revenue ought to be asked to treat the firm as a continuing business , a new partner will be required to join in a continuation election under s113 of the Taxes Act ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 8 | The place had n't filled up yet but she noticed that the boys were congregating at the end of the hall beneath the balcony and on the left hand side while the girls were spread between the tables and chairs on the opposite wall , chatting and giggling and trying to pretend they were not waiting to be asked to dance . |
| 9 | I often stood and just watched the women , the mascara-ed , the pansticked , the lacquered and the lonely , line the walls and wait to be asked to dance . |
| 10 | We rather hope to be asked to dance by a couple of twenty-year-olds , do n't we , old thing ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No problems , ’ she 'd responded , expecting to be asked to elaborate . |
| 12 | Maitland to be asked to circulate a copy of the draft Minute of Agreement to Christian Aid and SCIAF before the next meeting so that this can be looked at . |
| 13 | The UN was to be asked to appoint a " truth commission " to investigate human rights violations since 1980 . |
| 14 | The work was not easy — manufacturers , for example , sometimes had to be asked to ease off on an item of plant in a fairly advanced state of completion ( but for which the site was not yet prepared or the boiler installation delayed ) to press on with others at an earlier stage of manufacture which could be installed earlier . |
| 15 | I personally would like the Professor to be asked to do what he can . ’ |
| 16 | All this will build up muscle , but not the right muscle for the work he is going to be asked to do . |
| 17 | Miss Christie says : ‘ Fay is a wonderful writer and it 's a great to be asked to do it . ’ |
| 18 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 19 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 20 | And I find this challenging , these talks , which is why I was n't at all sorry to be asked to do so and why I continue to do them and I enjoy giving the , I enjoy meeting people , I meet an awful lot of , of nice people . |
| 21 | Like did er er people begin to be asked to do different jobs whereas you described in the older days , you were very much sort of , pinned to one machine if you like ? |
| 22 | Mr is to be asked to do the floor after the kitchen is finished . |
| 23 | This is exemplified by another argument against surrogacy , namely that since there are some risks attached to pregnancy , no woman ought to be asked to undertake pregnancy for another , in order to earn money . |
| 24 | ‘ It would be wrong for water users in the next five to ten years to be asked to finance the whole cost of projects which have been neglected in the past and which may be expected to last for 30 , 50 or even 100 years . |
| 25 | Nick Thomas admits he is no oil painting , so he was surprised to be asked to pose for a portrait . |
| 26 | The Scottish Trades Union Congress is to be asked to convene a special meeting to discuss the case of the Timex workers in an attempt to raise the profile of the dispute . |
| 27 | To be asked to deputise at the age of 22 for soloists as prestigious as Zimerman and Argerich is in itself evidence of Goerner 's rapidly growing reputation in pianistic circles . |
| 28 | To be asked to see myself as one in solidarity with first-century women strains my credulity . |
| 29 | The best way of learning certain ‘ lessons ’ is to be asked to teach them to someone else . |
| 30 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |