Example sentences of "much ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely not too much to ask of a model that , by its makers ' own assertion , is aimed at ‘ performance and handling enthusiasts ’ . |
| 2 | For men who never question whether they should go , is £6 too much to ask ? |
| 3 | Was it too much to ask that he be allowed some privacy in his life ? |
| 4 | Is this too much to ask ? |
| 5 | Given the political pressures that often drive antitrust policy , a consistently optimal level of enforcement may be too much to ask for . |
| 6 | It 's not much to ask for , at the end of a long life . ’ |
| 7 | They were short of ideas , the passing was appalling , and the game provided ideal ammunition for the Scottish critics who claim a 44-match Premier Division season is too much to ask of supporters . |
| 8 | Is it too much to ask that our current politicians , Tory or Labour , who have abetted our national decline and now seek to end our independence , soon might have to face new and eloquent voices who will fill the patriotic void in our political spectrum , and reflect the views of the British people more accurately ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why … why … there is so much to ask , ’ he said instead . |
| 10 | Is it so much to ask ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There was something else , ’ Morton said , ‘ though in the circumstances it is clearly too much to ask . ’ |
| 12 | Is it too much to ask that the boorish Directory Enquiry operator tries again to find a telephone number you know exits ? |
| 13 | But it would be too much to ask the Royal Society to act on its own analysis . |
| 14 | But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after . |
| 15 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |
| 16 | I 'm sure there 's artistic merit in plentiful supply here , but would a little entertainment be too much to ask ? |
| 17 | To lesser people than Kelly it was just too much to ask . |
| 18 | It is too much to ask . ’ |
| 19 | Is that too much to ask ? ’ |
| 20 | For men who never question whether they should go , is £6 too much to ask ? |
| 21 | It 's not much to ask . |
| 22 | Obviously he 's never going to get his chair up serious hills on his own , but is it too much to ask for the planners of country parks and the like to consider less able users when planning level routes such as nature trails ? |
| 23 | That would be rather too much to ask of the laws of conservation . |
| 24 | Hari sighed , it was n't much to ask to be able to sit before the comfort of the fire and she was well aware of the frustration her mother must suffer lying in bed all day . |
| 25 | Is this too much to ask in the current economic climate when priorities may all to easily lie elsewhere ? |
| 26 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 27 | ‘ Here you are , ’ she said , ‘ George Dionisovich , if it is n't too much to ask , I 'd like three to four thousand for both of them ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Whose is it then , ’ his nan had wanted to know , ‘ if it 's not too much to ask ? ’ |
| 29 | but it 's not really too much to ask is it ? |
| 30 | No silencer ; that would be too much to ask for . |