Example sentences of "ask [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in a sense erm the question I 'm asking is by introducing lots of modern machinery , you could perhaps kill a particular trade or craftsmanship in a whole group of people which may , in fact , be their key for erm future survival |
| 2 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 4 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 5 | All that we ask is for sufficient land so that we may then help ourselves . |
| 6 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 7 | All I ask is to be left to get on with my work , and enough support to make it possible . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ What the policyholders have to ask is for whose benefit is it being done — the management 's or the policyholders ’ ? |
| 9 | The next question to ask is about any which have scored 5 or over . |
| 10 | Now all I 'm suggesting to him is that there is here apparently a requirement laid down by the treaty which ca n't be aggregated by any one individual member state which could actually only be enforced by reference to a court of justice and what I 'd like to ask is in the light of this very deep seated concern by the French about Strasbourg er and the European parliament building and the knowledge that this is of such importance to the er of er voting and of representation in the community of the European elections . |
| 11 | And he goes on : ‘ No one is expecting to make big money — all players would ask is to be treated reasonably in line with what they achieve . ’ |