Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adj] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much British cinema does lack emotional punch , and many screen Englishmen conceal their feelings so effectively beneath a stiff upper lip that it 's fair to ask whether they 're really human at all . |
| 2 | Earlier Griffin has bemoaned the fact that ‘ throughout our educational system students are taught that it is unscientific to ask what an animal thinks or feels ’ ( 1984 : vii ) . |
| 3 | You should not feel that it is presumptuous to ask . |
| 4 | There will always , however , be a few cases in which the clinician thinks that it is inappropriate to ask for organs . |
| 5 | But Brown Owl forgot that one of the questions on it asked how old you are and that it is rude to ask a lady how old she is . |
| 6 | But I was the most expensive single piece of aid donated to that district of Ghana — more than the money for sinking wells — so it is relevant to ask whether it was worth it . |
| 7 | Every bird has a beak and wings , so it is meaningful to ask what are the lengths of beaks and wings for all birds . |
| 8 | And it 's usual to ask permission before walking into a laboratory . " |
| 9 | Er , and it 's interesting to ask why ? |
| 10 | Most sandwich bars will use low-fat spreads if you request it — and it is possible to ask for fillings in which little , if any , spread is needed at all . |
| 11 | It was an objective of the project that such good practices as having a library and resources committee , the more informed selection of books , and the development of study skills programmes should continue and grow , and it is fair to ask whether or not this has been the case . |
| 12 | If it is sensible to ask this question it has an answer — even though we have not the faintest idea what that answer is — we simply label it ‘ God ’ . |
| 13 | But it is appropriate to ask whether the brutal attack on her would have happened if she had been armed with the kind of baton the Home Secretary has banned . |
| 14 | But it is pertinent to ask how well he really fits his born-again image . |
| 15 | It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year . |
| 16 | My basic feeling is that while it is reasonable to ask that that a council , as a council , as a political grouping , may make the decisions about things , it is an absolute nonsense that many , many councils — some of them are worse than others — will not let their professionals speak out on their you know from using their own expertise , their own knowledge , their own experience , and quite often that that debate , the whole debate is gagged by the fact that you 're employees of the council . |
| 17 | Whilst it is productive to ask boys and girls to work in small groups together , it is often very embarrassing for them to be asked to choose a partner of the opposite gender . |