Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [is] asked " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider the response of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl in a Yorkshire infant school where she is asked to say how two pictures are different from each other . |
| 2 | when he or she is asked to refrain from a particular activity ; |
| 3 | It has drawn up a list of some 30 technical consultants , with interests ranging from marine science to energy , which the bank will call in for advice on esoteric projects that it is asked to fund . |
| 4 | If , for instance , he is on the common law side , the case that he is asked to consider may turn on the Landlord and Tenant Acts , the Rent Acts , the Consumer Protection Act , the Food and Drugs Act , the Town and Country Planning Acts , the Arbitration Act , tax law , separation , bankruptcy , conflict of laws , carriage of goods , insurance , and many other topics that he may never have studied at the University or for his Bar examinations He will not be expected , and will not need , to have every detail of all these subjects in his mind . |
| 5 | What must be remembered though is that whatever is asked and answered in a survey has to be inputted in some way and once it has been processed the output has to be read by someone . |
| 6 | If someone is asked a question and replies yes or no it will be understood that the question is now answered and that there is nothing more to be said . |
| 7 | She said it was very kind of you to make her a cake , and she 's asked you to tea at her house ! ’ |
| 8 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 9 | The tags are put on in front of the mother and she is asked to confirm that the name is right . |
| 10 | She looks at me like she 's asked a question and she wants me to answer . |
| 11 | He 's being posted out to the West Indies and he 's asked her to marry him and go with him . |
| 12 | What if he is asked to review a paper of ours someday ? ’ |
| 13 | If he is asked to count the buttons on his shirt or see how many colours are in the pattern of his sweater , then a look in the mirror might help with this too . |
| 14 | If this is the cause , then the child will probably recognise the error quickly if he is asked to read the word . |
| 15 | The person involved may look at something and not be aware of it ; but if he is asked to guess where the object is in his field of vision , he guesses correctly . |
| 16 | If he is asked to only trot round in large circles , he will have plenty of time to think about life being fun , whereas if he is ‘ worked ’ he will have to concentrate his mind on the job in hand . |
| 17 | I think Neil should move on before he 's asked to . |
| 18 | When someone is asked a question , it is likely that before answering he will direct his gaze away from the questioner 's eyes ( Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) particularly if the question requires some thought . |
| 19 | True , you can offer advice when it 's asked for but no-one really wants advice — particularly if it 's 20 years out-of-date . |
| 20 | Frequently a horse that habitually rears when it is mounted is also likely to rear every time it feels anxious , such as when it is passed by a truck on the road or it sees a monster ; but it is especially likely to rear when it is asked to stand still . |
| 21 | Wise parents are still able to give support and advice , when it is asked for , even after their children have set up their own homes or married and had a family . |
| 22 | What he gives is his opinion , whereas when he is asked who he will vote for he gives a fact . |
| 23 | When he is asked what he will do after his own group splits , he usually resorts to humour . |
| 24 | The Attorney General can only act when he is asked to . |
| 25 | Brundle looks askance when he is asked if he has ever read the books of technical instruction in race-driving written by Pierro Taruffi and Alain Prost , among others . |
| 26 | The shop he calls has a copy , agrees to keep it over , and the secret comes out when he is asked to give his name — J R Hartley . |