Example sentences of "who ask for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They are a people who ask for little but who are enormously and genuinely grateful for any help ’ , wrote one official who witnessed a terrible drought in Masailand in the early 1960s : ‘ They live a hard life uncomplainingly . ’
2 The way in which individual credit granters decide whether or not to lend to people who ask for loans or credit affects the general pattern of credit use .
3 Not all parents who ask for help will be expecting the professional to solve the problem for them .
4 Some families who ask for help have a basically good relationship with their children .
5 Those who ask for reports have no time to read long ones- nor will they take the trouble to unravel texts like the example given above .
6 Most people who ask for advice about a decision are really seeking condemnation : that is to say , condemnation of the choice they do not want to make but have not the courage to reject .
7 The guidelines say that doctors should seriously consider requests from patients with incurable diseases who ask for their lives to be ended .
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