Example sentences of "asks for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand it is nothing and asks for nothing , on the other it is the secret and silent source of the destruction of everything . |
| 2 | It asks for open vindication , he wrote , but I ask only to do my task . |
| 3 | The AA asks for more of the money taken in taxation from drivers to be put to work , and for road pricing proposals to be acknowledged as unnecessary , inflationary and , ultimately , inequitable . |
| 4 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |
| 5 | They sign an act whose manager is inexperienced and asks for advice on choosing an agent . |
| 6 | Extraordinary subsidies : these are grants towards particular projects for which the bishop asks for help . |
| 7 | A 10-year-old asks for shoes : ‘ Right now my mother does n't work . ’ |
| 8 | The court decided that victims of art thefts should be protected against the usual requirement in civil cases that the owner must make some effort to recover stolen goods within three years ; it ruled that the clock does not start ticking for the statute of limitations until the victim locates the stolen artworks and asks for their return . |
| 9 | ‘ Normally , a farmer asks for advice because he can see an economic outcome such as growing a better crop . |
| 10 | ‘ The person asks for Tammuz Malamute , Mr Roirbak . |
| 11 | When Schoenberg asks for the piccolo to play ppp in the top level of its register ‘ so schwach wie möglich ’ with the bassoon and solo strings at different dynamic levels , and then asks for completely different textures and dynamics in the next variation , I know that this can not be properly realized by an orchestra in a concert-hall seated in the conventional way . |
| 12 | When Schoenberg asks for the piccolo to play ppp in the top level of its register ‘ so schwach wie möglich ’ with the bassoon and solo strings at different dynamic levels , and then asks for completely different textures and dynamics in the next variation , I know that this can not be properly realized by an orchestra in a concert-hall seated in the conventional way . |
| 13 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
| 14 | If Labour wins the election , I imagine all scientists will emigrate anyway , but a new Conservative government should give serious thought to my proposal for deporting any research scientist who asks for government money . |
| 15 | His open letter asks for help in rebuilding his society . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When I check up on him in the morning he asks for you . |
| 17 | Interest in the GCR never seems to wane , borne out by the fact that copies of our first volume have all been sold , and correspondence from readers invariably asks for more . |
| 18 | When you or your travel agent asks for your holiday booking to be confirmed , we allocate your chosen holiday to you and give confirmation of the booking at that moment . |
| 19 | Nor asks for Joys but what his Pasture yields ; |
| 20 | First , however , he asks for divine guidance : ‘ Assist me , Heav'n ! and teach me how to act / In this so nice , so delicate affair ’ [ ML , 2 , 134 ] . |
| 21 | It 's not good keeping the prospectuses piled up in the office just in case a casual visitor asks for one , they need to be where people with young children regularly gather . |
| 22 | ICE asks for five days , say 35 hours , which is the same number as suggested by the RIBA for structured/practice-related CPD . |
| 23 | No-one asks for a re-run of this one night stand . |
| 24 | For example , if someone says that they did not have time to read the material and asks for a summary from the author or chairman , politely refuse . |
| 25 | The child asks for something and is told she can not have it . |
| 26 | The essence of preaching or prayer is that it asks for a response now , not later . |
| 27 | She gets anythin' she asks for : clothes , money — anythin' . |
| 28 | Thus , when a doctor asks for an X-ray or path lab test , or prescribes drugs , or decides that a patient should remain in hospital for a further two days , he is making a financial as well as a clinical decision . |
| 29 | It takes them to the limits of physical endurance , then asks for more . |
| 30 | Traditional library instruction has made considerable use of the lecture method for large groups , the guided tour for smaller groups , and individual help to the student who asks for this at the information desk . |