Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] ask a " in BNC.

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1 The European study asked a slightly different question : whether or not a policy of immediate angioplasty was preferable to a non-invasive strategy ? " 367 patients with acute MI were treated with rt-PA thrombolytic therapy ( Table 3 ) .
2 When the 1971 Census asked a question about employment status , it found that about 40 per cent more people regarded themselves as unemployed than the official statistics showed .
3 The hon. Gentleman asked a specific question about the RUC 's bid for further manpower .
4 I turn now to the information that is held on the national computer about which the hon. Gentleman asked a number of questions .
5 ‘ One thing about you , Bunty , you have the good sense to ask a favour at the right time .
6 It might be early days but this approach falls a long way short of forging a relationship with the viewer and when he turned to the big screen to ask a reporter a single question , it came across as completely contrived .
7 Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run .
8 If you have a fish house which is space-heated it is a good idea to ask a friendly neighbour to check the heating every day to make sure it is working properly .
9 Yet in Morse 's view it was always a good idea to ask a few inconsequential questions .
10 But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ?
11 In the federal parliament a Walloon deputé asks a parliamentary question about the nationality of staff in a government department , eager to establish that there is a fair balance .
12 On one occasion an Irish visitor asked a late tenant , Mr Crawshaw , if the lady in white who had passed him on the stairs would be coming down to breakfast soon .
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