Example sentences of "[vb mod] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so I must ask you again to allow me to inspect the morning 's mails . ’ |
| 2 | Thus the pilots who are flying several different types of glider , or a glider which is unfamiliar to them , must ask themselves before each flight , ‘ Do I need the stick forward to lift the tail , or back a little to lift the nose ? ’ |
| 3 | In order to understand the significance of the anthropological work they used , therefore , we must ask , what was the role of this work in the wider context of their writings and politics ? |
| 4 | We may be very liberated and all that but — ‘ Oh — I must ask my husband ’ ’ She put on a high-pitched imbecile voice like a detergent or wash-up liquid ad . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I must ask you to leave , ’ I said . |
| 6 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 7 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When the baby is ready , ’ Wilson said , ‘ it will find a way out and if you wish to know more you must ask your mother and father . ’ |
| 9 | Quintus stresses that he must ask those he has already helped as a lawyer to repay their obligation to him now , assure the powerful that they will not regret supporting him , and make friends where he normally would not . |
| 10 | One must ask whether the University is aware that such a thing is possible , or do they know that such contacts are sought in order that a class should appear without any justification . |
| 11 | If we are to continue with a system of grants for specific operations on the land we must ask ourselves whether , in many crofting areas , we would not get better land use , and a greater benefit to the nation , if we grant-aided amenity planting on the in-bye land to improve the appearance of the villages . |
| 12 | Also I must ask you — ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ When you get back to Beirut , ’ the Israeli said , ‘ you must ask Damiani if he 's got that picture . ’ |
| 14 | I must ask you to keep quiet , or leave the meeting . ’ |
| 15 | The Uprising destroyed this normality , and one must ask why it occurred , and why it occurred when it did , twenty years after the territories fell under Israeli rule . |
| 16 | He must ask Maud Bailey about the Prowler , yet how could he do so without coming clean in some way — about his own interest in the matter ? |
| 17 | You must ask him whether he has any homosexual leanings — though many transvestites are basically heterosexual . |
| 18 | These are important considerations ; but you must ask whether they are a good reason to opt for non-intervention , or , rather , a reason to improve the support services available to parents or the institutions which house such children . |
| 19 | If a criminal is a person labelled as such , an initial question we must ask is ‘ Who does the labelling ? ’ |
| 20 | The ‘ diffuseness ’ and ‘ elusiveness ’ of central control , the relaxed and constructive atmosphere , the absence of stress and conflict described by HMIs — all these appear to contradict the expectations and experience of the average ‘ curriculum manager ’ in England and Wales to the point where he or she must ask : ‘ Can I learn anything at all either from Denmark or from an international perspective ? ’ |
| 21 | In summary the model may be used as part of a learning sequence , so the teacher must ask the question ‘ has the learner the requisite knowledge and skills to enable further learning to take place ? ’ |
| 22 | Before preparing any hand-out , however , teachers must ask themselves why they are giving it and how they are to use it . |
| 23 | Now we must ask , what are the dangers of being out of work ? |
| 24 | Here is something that seems very like intelligence , and we must ask whether it is really that , or merely another clever but mechanical programming finesse that we do not yet see . |
| 25 | As I have already indicated , the critical question we must ask is how we may design selection procedures which encourage sensible teaching and learning . |
| 26 | If none of this works , then you could try a full elimination diet as a last resort — but you must ask your doctor first . |
| 27 | I must ask Queen Yolande why she acted as she did . ’ |
| 28 | But first you must ask permission of the spirit of the site , even if you are not directly conscious of such a being . |
| 29 | ‘ This is awful , ’ said Breeze soberly , and reached at once for her pen and writing-pad. ‘ we must ask her , of course , but it wo n't be easy , having her here . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , of course , we must ask her , ’ she said , ‘ but will she fit in ? |