Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be be ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the vast sums of money which are being asked for by the Governing Bodies of Sport mean that they will price themselves out of the market or will television continue to pay as they compete for audiences ? |
| 2 | The question you are being asked is , VISUAL CHOICE OF PALETTES . |
| 3 | Okay , right , erm it 's nearly time to go , but before we do , can I just give you some bits and pieces , you , you may well have copies of last year 's exam paper , but if you have n't , this is for development and integration of trade er , have a look at those sorts of essays you 're being asked to do . |
| 4 | From a perspective in anthropology where social systems were all equally valid , I teased her about cultural police rigidities which caused this rejection of the alternative views she was being asked to examine , to the point where she refused to lunch with me in the Students ' Union , because , ‘ you 're one of those bloody communists I have to listen to ’ . |
| 5 | The common factors include the problems of good communication and dissemination ; the perceived ‘ ownership ’ of the innovation by those whose practice is most affected ; the firm and explicit adoption of the innovation ; the experience of initial implementation ; the other pressures bearing upon the organisation or individuals who are being asked to change ; the resource implications ; and the extent to which the innovation becomes firmly embedded into the structure of the organisation or the practice of the individual . |
| 6 | Women complain , not just about the pill , but the ideological package they are being asked to swallow : |
| 7 | Is there any one area you are being asked to focus on for prayer or action ? |
| 8 | After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture . |
| 9 | It was not only the female compositors who were being asked for support . |
| 10 | I wonder if there will be any end to the sacrifices I am being asked to make . |
| 11 | We sipped — or in my case gulped — the weak but tasty punch , nibbled on Aunt Tone 's buffet-bits , and played Alternative Charades ; an invention of my father 's in which one first has to guess the category of the thing one is being asked to decipher . |
| 12 | The idea being conveyed by such notions as the surrender of private judgment … is that in obeying , say , a command simply because it comes from someone accorded the right to rule , the subject does not make his obedience conditional on his own personal examination and evaluation of the thing he is being asked to do . |
| 13 | For example , it 's apparent that each has a detailed grasp of the content and purpose of the information he is being asked to package for the page . |
| 14 | They had no independent advice and , although some explanation was given to the mother , no one explained to the father the onerous effect of the documents they were being asked to sign . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not Sidacai 's death I am being asked for , but his life , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Voting was reported to be brisk , with a 100 per cent turnout in the Knin district , although there was criticism that many voters remained unclear about what kind of autonomy they were being asked to vote for . |