Example sentences of "asking this " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were asking this question of an amphibian or reptile , which lays its eggs and goes away to live solitarily except when the mating season comes around again , we would answer it purely in terms of the physical ecology of the species . |
| 2 | Campaigns have been held across a number of universities asking this question to raise awareness about AIDS and HIV . |
| 3 | Precisely here , where we should be asking this key diagnostic question , we are getting the fuzziest answers . |
| 4 | The importance of asking this question is two fold . |
| 5 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 6 | Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request . |
| 7 | We came upon the idea of asking this question as the result of going to a for Change conference . |
| 8 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 9 | Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ? |
| 10 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me asking this . |
| 11 | ‘ Barry , excuse me for asking this , but why would n't I want to see where I was going ? ’ |
| 12 | I am asking this man a question , you have some manners please . |
| 13 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 14 | Erm I 'm asking this question to e satisfy myself that these changes and reduction in costs are not the result of political expediency as opposed to er a genuine assessment of what the risk in the change environment is likely to be . |
| 15 | that 's right discussed why I was asking this question , thought there might be a |
| 16 | Well Paul was asking this , when well I 'll have some presents . |