Example sentences of "not ask for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joaquim Lobato said angrily , ‘ I did not ask for that . ’ |
| 2 | The White House said that the programme , to be announced tomorrow in a speech to a joint session of Congress , would also include a stab at controlling spiralling health care costs , but that Mr Clinton would not ask for higher contributions from beneficiaries of the Medicare programme , which provides health care for the elderly . |
| 3 | You can not ask for more than that . |
| 4 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |
| 5 | While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support . |
| 6 | She would not ask for any further exchange of nuclear information , but she must be released from her obligation not to use the knowledge she already possessed in seeking collaboration with other partners . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not ask for any special treatment . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’ |
| 9 | Moreover , when nineteenth-century feminists demanded equal education and employment opportunities for single women , they did not ask for any special consideration to be extended to women on account of their reproductive role . |
| 10 | planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ? |
| 11 | ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’ |
| 12 | If the so-called specialist does not ask for this information then retreat rapidly and find someone else who does . |
| 13 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |