Example sentences of "asking for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know specifically asking for a sleeping tablet . |
| 2 | Thus in their reply in 1897 to a memorial from the men asking for a 50-hour week , the Edinburgh Master Printers " Association ( MPA ) pleaded that competition was too intense for them to agree : " The great bulk of printing now done in Edinburgh is for London publishers . |
| 3 | A BID to ease mortgage misery by asking for a bigger share of Government cash has suffered a setback . |
| 4 | The WWF is considering making an appeal against the High Court ruling , and asking for a European Court action against the government , in the light of the fact that the proposed development could breach the European Birds Directive . |
| 5 | Well , in the in the question of I M R O as far as it 's erm occupational pension scheme members are concerned , er there 's no there 's no compensation responsibility and I think that that means that you get no , no whistle blowing and in I mean there 's , we 've got , I mean one of the points that we , we heard of just last evening was that one of the of the banks involved ended up er in its arrangements with Maxwell of asking for a hundred and sixty per cent of shares for every hundred per cent of loans that it made to Maxwell . |
| 6 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 7 | He was with Wilson Staff in those days , and they had written asking for a good caddie for the centenary Open . |
| 8 | After some 10 days we received our order back from Bailey Distribution Ltd with a memo asking for a new cheque made out to them , since they could not transfer the original cheque due because it was crossed . |
| 9 | An Irish company approached the plaintiff asking for a new version of the program suitable for the Irish market . |
| 10 | Is Mr asking for a specific figure for net conversions to be included in stage one . |
| 11 | On leaving the Ayrshire Yeomanry and asking for a Middle East posting , he had sailed on the Queen Mary around the Cape of Good Hope and had docked at Durban . |
| 12 | When scientists ask why something happens , they are asking for a general causal account . |
| 13 | Are they asking for a thousand , are they ? |
| 14 | And they could find themselves with , you know , somebody asking for a thousand of an item and it 's well worth their while therefore , spending a bit of money getting it there . |
| 15 | The housewarming dinner was arranged for Sunday 23 July 1797 , and on the day before , Coleridge scribbled a hasty , high-spirited note to Tom Poole asking for a promised fore quarter of lamb to be sent over to ‘ the Foxes ’ in the morning . |
| 16 | A spokesman from the Department said : ‘ There is nothing stopping us from asking for a total ban . |
| 17 | ‘ We are asking for a temporary reprieve . ’ |
| 18 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 19 | He was asking for a fell-walking guide . |
| 20 | On 2 July 1870 , the candidacy of Leopold was made known publicly to all European courts and the French government reacted immediately by asking for a clear and positive statement by the Prussian government as to their attitude to Leopold 's acceptance of the Spanish throne . |
| 21 | John MacLean , the Llanelli chairman and a national representative of the WRU , said : ‘ I 'm disappointed with the decision and I shall be asking for a detailed explanation of the management committee 's decision . ’ |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I wrote to the Serjeant at Arms on March 2 asking for a full investigation . |
| 23 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |
| 24 | First of all , thanks to the Editor for asking for a short article from the unions ( soon to be united as Unison ) for the inaugural Highways Department News Sheet . |
| 25 | Instead , we are asking for a frank and open debate within our own union and on that basis , and on that basis alone , will the Northern Region support the Report . |
| 26 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 27 | As they sat down one BOR retaliated by asking for a special item from the Baptist villagers . |
| 28 | My hon. Friends and I feel justified in asking for a special debate to call attention to the ridiculous fact that , at Humberstone , which is part of the EDDR route , a mile of new road costing £1.5 million has stood finished and unopened for over a year , while the county and city councils argue about a proposed route by the side of the clinic on Scraptoft lane through a recreation area which happens to be owned by the city council . |
| 29 | The early 1870s were a time of prosperity for the trade , and the ETS felt sufficiently confident to present a memorial to the employers in 1871 asking for a further reduction to fifty-one hours . |
| 30 | There is some evidence that it was Snowden who suggested the formula of the ‘ doctor 's mandate ’ , at a Cabinet meeting on 5 October , under which the component parts of the National Government were each to issue their own manifestos , with a separate personal appeal from the Prime Minister , According to Neville Chamberlain , ‘ Snowden … produced the suggestion that the Prime Minister should issue his own manifesto asking for a free hand [ i.e. on tariffs ] and the two Party leaders should each issue their own programmes and to our astonishment this was at once accepted by the Liberals , ' Amery , who perhaps got the information from Chamberlain , wrote in his diary on 6 October , ‘ Apparently when the deadlock seemed most complete Snowden suggested that the PM should issue his own manifesto , each of the other party leaders issuing theirs . ' |