Example sentences of "ask more " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Sam ’ never asked more of his employees than he did of himself . |
| 2 | Perhaps the display asked more questions than it answered but it 's clear that the young stars are staking claims early . |
| 3 | For only one variable was there a significant main effect : lower class children asked more questions than middle-class children , both at home and at school ( F = 6.47 , p{0.05) . |
| 4 | She asked more questions than I did . ’ |
| 5 | I know they 're asking more than we want to pay , but if we can assemble a package of cash , stock options , and newly issued shares as a good inducement , I think we 'll convince the key manager and he 'll persuade the others to sell . |
| 6 | Should children themselves be asking more of the questions ? |
| 7 | There were moments when he took on too much ; and although I pursued the matter of our volume only because he had invited me to do so , I soon realized that I was asking more than I should have done , especially as I was uncertain at any moment whether my collaborators saw eye to eye with me about the scope of our project . |
| 8 | While not thinking it fitting to ask him questions about Ven , however , Fabia was wary of asking more than surface polite questions of Lubor himself . |
| 9 | ‘ I had hoped to invest in your future by creating jobs , expanding education , reforming health care and reducing the debt without asking more of you , ’ he said . |
| 10 | In a sense this Northern mythology asks more of men , even makes more of them , than does Christianity , for it offers them no heaven , no salvation , no reward for virtue except the sombre satisfaction of having done what is right . |
| 11 | Adding the KUBE asks more of the amplifier in contradicting the inherent roll-off of the bass system but the efficiency of the 103/4 is such that a 50 watts per channel amplifier ( into 4 ohms ) remains adequate in a normal sized room . |
| 12 | Afterwards , she wondered why she had n't asked more questions ( Where are they now ? |
| 13 | Owen did n't quite understand this and would have asked more but the two men ducked into the next house . |
| 14 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 15 | Do n't you see , if I 'd known what she was really planning , I 'd have asked more questions ? |
| 16 | He prides himself on a forthright nature and says he has asked more questions than any other MP in the House . |
| 17 | When men and women are talking together , for example , it seems that men interrupt more , talk more , swear more and use more imperatives ; whereas women ask more questions and tend to use more polite forms of speech . |
| 18 | Since outcome is determined partly during pregnancy , it is logical to expect pregnant women to ask more questions , expect answers and make informed decisions related to their lifestyle . |
| 19 | But the IWC has yet to decide whether to continue or end the moratorium , preferring to ask more questions of the scientific committee regarding the management procedure ( see Nature 358 , 99 ; 1992 ) . |
| 20 | And the worst of it was , that old fool Pumblechook arrived at tea-time , to ask more questions . |
| 21 | Er to ask more questions of people , and not . |
| 22 | And we really need two men out there , but I ca n't ask more of them than they 're doing ; they 're making up for one short as it is . |
| 23 | Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared ; for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer . |