Example sentences of "asked for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am delighted that you have asked for a personal illustration and further details of SaverPlus 2001 . |
| 2 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 3 | On Feb. 14 the EC 's European Parliament again requested and the Commission on Feb. 20 agreed that the ECJ be asked for a new opinion on the agreement . |
| 4 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 5 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 6 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 7 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 8 | If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household . |
| 9 | Asked for a possible motive in setting fire to the moors , Ken remarked : ‘ There is nothing stranger than human beings ’ . |
| 10 | Asked for a similar pledge , Smith replied guardedly , ‘ That is a matter for the party to decide . ’ |
| 11 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 12 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |
| 13 | asked for a second rotation on Scotland to Amsterdam on a Saturday |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd have asked for a final orgy myself , but each to his own . |
| 15 | However , the plaintiffs had also asked for a winding up order under s 122(1) ( g ) of the Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 16 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 17 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 18 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 19 | He had maintained that position when asked for a third time after being put into an ambulance . |
| 20 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 21 | There are nineteen full-time care staff of whom eleven are on duty in the evenings and Mr has asked for a further eleven full-time care staff , he hopes in due course to be able to have seventeen such staff on duty at any one time . |
| 22 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 23 | The Artisans volunteered to double their subscription to the Club and senior members were asked for a voluntary 50% increase and also to pay a 1s. 0d. a round or a two-guinea single payment and make other donations ! |
| 24 | The judge has asked for a unanimous verdict and the jury will now spend the night in a hotel before returning to court to continue their deliberations . |
| 25 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 26 | The King in the meantime had asked for a constitutional memorandum , dealing with a new Prime Minister 's right to a dissolution , from Haldane , and had summoned Bonar Law . |
| 27 | However , if the employer has specifically asked for a chronological c.v . |
| 28 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 29 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 30 | The autonomy of the Kurdish zone was to be strengthened , in an area expanded to include Kirkuk ; there were to be new and free elections to Kurdish councils ; the Kurds , having asked for a fair share of oil revenue , would be allotted 25–30% of the total Iraqi budget . |