Example sentences of "[adv] asking for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The council really needs to consider fully the effect this would have upon the ratepayers , particularly if other groups come along asking for similar dispensation , ’ the DoE spokesperson also explained . |
| 2 | I 'M NOT asking for preferential treatment . |
| 3 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 4 | He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy . |
| 5 | She was just asking for further grief . |
| 6 | Incidentally the trust are also asking for financial support from anyone and if you would like to help in this way send cheques/postal orders payable to The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust to : The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust , Royal Free Hospital , LONDON NW3 2QG . |
| 7 | They 're simply asking for more money to spent with no concerns about the value for money , and surely it was the Conservatives who used to tell us ten or fifteen years ago , that you could n't judge the quality of a service by the amount of money spent on it . |
| 8 | No but as erm Mrs has mentioned to me , when it comes to er converting an existing garage into a den or a study and then asking for another garage to be built . |