Example sentences of "[noun] have asked for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Reagan administration has asked for $709.3 million for ballistic missile defence ( BMD ) for 1984 , and has proposed more than double that for 1985 . |
| 2 | LEAs had asked for £34 million for this year but were allocated £13.6 million . |
| 3 | She told them about the visit of Father Devlin and Malachi Drennan ; of how Malachi had asked for Una 's hand in marriage ; of how he had offered to sell seventy acres of his best land to their father if the marriage took place . |
| 4 | And that video can be obtained from Tavistock Church , in Tavistock Place it costs twelve pound fifty , with one pound fifty postage erm , but I think that it has been recommended to us and a number of the provinces have asked for copies to be made available and then maybe there are some churches within our provence that might like to have that video so that they can draw the attention of their churches to the work of the Council for World Mission . |
| 5 | François d'Aubert , the centrist vice-chairman of the French National Assembly 's finance committee has asked for details of the bank 's dealings with Mr Parretti . |
| 6 | The Prado administrators have asked for opinions from two influential organisations : the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts , of which Goya was a director , and the professional body that represents Madrid 's architects . |
| 7 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 8 | In his AC/189 , Gen McCreery had asked for decisions on three specific issues : ( i ) that he should have authorization to open negotiations with Marshal Tolbukhin for the hand-over of the Cossacks ; ( ii ) that the " remainder of surrendered personnel and refugees " in 5 Corps area should be evacuated to SHAEF/12th Army Group ; ( iii ) that " immediate steps " should be taken to deal with the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE not foreseen in original plans " . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Viennese police have found so many rare animals in the possession of eastern Europeans that a magistrate has asked for help from CITES in identifying where they come from . |
| 10 | The laundry women and the scrubbers had asked for dinner to be provided but the committee felt that ‘ the wages of these employees were quite adequate ’ and the application was rejected . |
| 11 | AIRBUS Industrie , the European venture in which British Aerospace has a stake , is cutting production of its 150-seat A320 airliner by 27 in 1993 and 1994 because customers have asked for delivery delays . |
| 12 | Mr Pike has asked for details of a diesel tacho in your April issue . |
| 13 | The Green Paper had asked for comments on three legislative options : |
| 14 | Cripps had asked for permission to appeal against his expulsion . |
| 15 | As the Soviet army in Germany has to cross Poland to get home ( unless it goes by sea ) , the Poles have asked for compensation for the trouble this causes . |
| 16 | Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarvayev has asked for compensation from Moscow for health damage in the region , and for an independent inquiry , with foreign experts , to study the ecological consequences . |
| 17 | Mr McWhinney 's family has asked for donations in lieu of flowers to be made to the club 's runway repair fund . |
| 18 | The Scottish Office has asked for responses to the consultation document by 27 November . |
| 19 | He said that the Republic had asked for EC aid for new lift-on/ lift-off and ro-ro ships . |