Example sentences of "[noun] have ask " in BNC.

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1 However , making consumers aware of the process of creating a ‘ whole ’ quality product is one thing , getting them to purchase it is another and one major retailer has asked Dirk to investigate the production of a ‘ smooth ’ yoghurt .
2 A housewife has asked us if she should pay off her mortgage now , while she can still afford to do so .
3 It would help other hon. Members to know whether British Rail has asked consultants to advise on whether it would be possible to build a satisfactory station above ground rather than underground , as proposed in the Bill .
4 The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has asked me how the discount system , as distinct from the rebate system , will work .
5 Victim Support has asked for an apology for the ‘ apparent inhuman treatment ’ of victim Sohail Ahmed , 32 , at Balham station , South London .
6 One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind .
7 The North West Association of Angling Clubs has asked the government for guidelines .
8 If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs .
9 And now Scottish Natural Heritage has asked the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology , Banchory , in liaison with the Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service and Biosphere Consultancies , to do a study to determine the current status of adders in Scotland .
10 Yet in both types of narrative the basic question the writer has to ask to establish the next unit of text is " What happened next ? "
11 Now the university has asked the fiddler : Can we have it back , please ?
12 A Norwegian university has asked for five people
13 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has asked the FAA to require inspection of fuel injector lines on Lycoming engines to ensure the lines remain attached , following the fatal crash last summer of a Piper Saratoga in which the stainless steel fuel injector line between the fuel manifold and No. 1 cylinder nozzle had separated .
14 These have to be married with the individual dreams of each business who , in addition to achieving the best they can ask for their business , have to perform and deliver what the board has asked of them for the company as a whole .
15 Hugh Jones has decided to step down from the chairman 's seat and the board has asked me if I 'd be willing to take over from him . ’
16 I mean Special Branch has asked us to come in .
17 Matt has asked particularly for a device which can be interfaced with a computer so I have searched through my data library in order to find a short-list of suitable devices .
18 Reallocations will not be made automatically if the taxpayer has asked for them not to be .
19 WEST Germany has asked the UN Security Council to meet to discuss the situation in Romania .
20 Our Montgomeryshire Branch Chairman has asked if both the Radnor and Brecknock Branches would send him copies of their responses to the structure plan , for his information .
21 There 's a meeting on and the chairman has asked me to get you up here to the boardroom . ’
22 The UK Home Care Association has asked the SSI to look into the activities of an agency which is offering to vet and licence domiciliary care providers .
23 Lingdale Residents Association has asked Langbaurgh Council 's permission to organise holiday activities on spare land at Wilson Street in a bid to discourage vandalism during vacation time .
24 But you would only approach that business on the basis that well the estate agent has asked me to give you er you know he he feels that you would benefit and erm from this exposure and er has asked me to approach you first .
25 In my area of east London , the TEC has asked the careers service to canvass for places because the training providers are not coming up with them .
26 France 's Labour Inspection department has asked Compagnie des Machines Bull SA 's management to ‘ re-examine entirely the procedure for informing and consulting ’ the company 's labour-management committee on its procedure for the ‘ social treatment of excess employees , ’ according to a report in the French business journal Les Echos : the paper says a letter dated March 19 criticises insufficient and imprecise information communicated by Bull and the absence of a plan for voluntarily reclassified employees .
27 Today Edgar Linton has asked me to marry him , and I gave him an answer .
28 AIRLINE tycoon Richard Branson has asked his 3,000 staff to share jobs or take unpaid leave .
29 Branson has asked European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan to launch an inquiry into the system of allocating airport slots .
30 Q : Valerie has asked me if you could answer a few questions on her behalf .
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