Example sentences of "[be] [be] asked to " in BNC.
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1 | After four years of unusually low rainfall , most UK water reserves are low , and many areas have hosepipe and sprinkler restrictions in force , whilst in other areas , people are being asked to be sensible with water , and not to waste it . |
2 | Visitors are being asked to be on their guard against fire and not to use stoves ; to dispose of cigarette ends and matches carefully and immediately report any sign of fire to the fire brigade . |
3 | Councillors are being asked to either refuse the snack bar application or agree in principle and refer the fee and conditions to the Works and Health Committee . |
4 | We are told that , having lost an empire , we can have a new role in a European superstate , as if we were being asked to be its leader — which we are not . |
5 | Florrie North , of Eltham , said , after 53 years as a party member , that ‘ it seems conference is being asked to rubber stamp policies made elsewhere ’ . |
6 | The UN is being asked to police Iraq 's border with Kuwait ; to decide how much oil Iraq sells abroad and what it can buy in return ; to make sure Iraq destroys any nuclear- or chemical-weapons plants ; and to get ready to protect Kurdish enclaves when American , British and French soldiers leave . |
7 | We may also note that , when this message was sent to MACMIS in the afternoon of 15 May , AFHQ was under the impression that 5 Corps had already taken surrender of the 200,000 Croats , which was why Tito was being asked to " instruct his commander to accept them " . |