Example sentences of "ask [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A protagonist asked to play out a scene from her own life in a psycho-drama session may be too anxious about what will emerge to ‘ play the game ’ spontaneously . |
| 2 | For example , asked to draw accurately a triangle with all the sides 6 cm long , 52 per cent of the boys were judged to have done so compared with 30 per cent of the girls . |
| 3 | Chief officers have been asked to carry out a survey of people who would like to work reduced hours for less pay if it can be done without hitting the service to the public . |
| 4 | Chelmsford Pest Control service technicians Ron Long and Danny O'Mara were recently asked to carry out a fly treatment at a water treatment plant . |
| 5 | B. Chrystal will be asked to set up a meeting under the auspices of the Village Association in connection with the noise and vandalism so prevalent around the school annexe , village hall , public part etc . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I learned by accident INCUBUS was trying to take over his company — and exactly the same thing had happened with another industrialist I 'd been asked to draw up a profile for . ’ |
| 7 | The winner would be asked to draw up a specification for the mainframe by the end of the year , at which time two local partners would be chosen to design and build it . |
| 8 | The Bishops ' Conferences of England and Wales , and of Scotland are asked to draw together a response to the Lineamenta after consultation with the Catholic community . |
| 9 | When Captain John and Old George returned to say that Miles wished to have no more war , and would return the Nez Perce to the reservation , Joseph became convinced that he was now being asked to negotiate not a surrender , but a peace . |
| 10 | You will then be asked to fill out a loan application form with information such as your name and address , where you work , your income and outgoings , etc. banks do n't always ask you to deposit security or collateral to back a loan : they generally rely on their assessment of your ability to repay . |
| 11 | DURING one of his many interrogations by the police , Mikhail Ardzinov , the deputy chairman of Uzbekistan 's Human Rights Society , was asked to fill in a form with basic information about himself , including his address . |
| 12 | If the doctor suspects that the medicine has caused an affect like that , he 's asked to fill in a card and to send it in . |
| 13 | ‘ Once the rumour spread that we 'd been asked to put forward a campaign for a Danish-based company with worldwide interests , we suddenly became very popular . ’ |
| 14 | This flexibility includes job mobility , which may require you to do different jobs in the office , or being asked to take up a job at another office within a reasonable travelling distance . |
| 15 | That would be an essential prerequisite for any United Nations force being asked to take over a policing operation . |
| 16 | These visitors , about 42 per cent from overseas , also divide into three categories : those who book far in advance , whose who gain starting times in the daily ballot and the ‘ casuals ’ who haphazardly turn up on the off-chance of being asked to make up a foursome . |