Example sentences of "[noun sg] ask for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 2 | Questionnaires issued by Cheshire County Council 's social services department asking for financial details of those suffering with physical disabilities , mental illness and learning difficulties will also take away a person 's privacy , it is claimed . |
| 3 | This was followed in June by a letter from John Gollan , Secretary of the Young Communist League , to the League 's National Advisory Committee asking for joint talks aimed at " uniting all working class youth organisations into the Labour League of Youth on the basis of the decisions of your recent conference " . |
| 4 | Great Bromley parish council has written to Essex County Council asking for mature trees with stakes to be planted on a verge in Mary Lane North . |
| 5 | The current clampdown on drinking and driving has allowed people without embarrassment to ask for soft drinks at functions and market forces have led to an influx of low-alcohol wines and beers . |
| 6 | In most countries people compelled by poverty to ask for social assistance have to show that their families , wherever they may be living , can not support them . |
| 7 | Reluctance to ask for emotional support from either relatives or friends . |
| 8 | USL 's suit asks for unspecified compensatory , treble and punitive damages as well as ‘ an accounting and disgorgement of BSDI 's profits derived as a result of its wrongful acts … |
| 9 | However , they are most unlikely to solve the problem of excessive delays , partly because the limits themselves are so generous and partly because the prosecution is free in any event to ask for additional time . |
| 10 | He answered an advertisement in The Scotsman asking for ex-Black Watch volunteers to pose for a sculptor . |
| 11 | Friends of the Earth contacted the European Commission asking for legal action in relation to the Drinking Water Directive , because from 5 to 21 March the plant produced water with excess aluminium levels . |
| 12 | Argentina , Mexico and Venezuela offered immediate food aid and the Costa Rican government asked for urgent international aid . |
| 13 | The letter asked for detailed information about the disposal of the funds , and Whitbread replied in dignified tones . |
| 14 | In August 1991 , GHI advised owners of those older models to contact the manufacturer to ask for specific instructions . |
| 15 | If it is a very large contract then it may be reasonable for the builder to ask for interim payments as the work progresses , and you can discuss this with him at the outset . |
| 16 | Can I just say , Chairman , that the problem was that they asked for , the region asked for equal representation with the County Council , now if all the districts did that then there 'd be , then the Grants Panel would have about twenty one people to I mean , for the operation to go ahead . |
| 17 | With such significance placed on boat handling and sail trim , I went to the source to ask for personal recommendations from Bob Johnstone for trimming the J/44 . |
| 18 | The uncertainty about demand , penalties and costs facing a bureau weakens the temptation to ask for excessive budgets . |