Example sentences of "asking for more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 12 months the relevant authorities are still asking for more copies of the plans that were submitted about nine months ago . |
| 2 | I think in fact it 's a bit of a cheek for the Chief Constable to go to the Home Secretary here ev , Home Secretary again this year , asking for more officers , when he has n't recruited all the ones that he was given last year . |
| 3 | He might just as well have said : ‘ It 's all very well asking for more money for the railways , but if the volume of rail freight were doubled , it would still be only a mere 16 per cent of the rail-and-road total . ’ |
| 4 | They 're simply asking for more money to spent with no concerns about the value for money , and surely it was the Conservatives who used to tell us ten or fifteen years ago , that you could n't judge the quality of a service by the amount of money spent on it . |
| 5 | Eighteen months ago they would n't have been asking for more money |
| 6 | The hospital is asking for more money to clear the backlog . |
| 7 | One month later Allison wrote to Clark asking for more details about Clark 's work — this time on t-butyl hydroperoxide , another chemical known to produce free oxygen radicals . |
| 8 | I did n't feel like asking for more details , because they were obviously bad . |
| 9 | We shall be asking for more details in Committee about who else will be involved and how they will discharge their duties . |
| 10 | Now is the time to consolidate your gains by asking for more walks and extra perks , as your sensible attitude will enhance your standing during this fruitful period . |
| 11 | We hope that woodworkers of all types will send in their wheezes , as readers are always asking for more tips . |
| 12 | We hope that woodworkers of all types will send in their wheezes , as readers are always asking for more tips . |
| 13 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 14 | Residents in Ansdale Road , Middlesbrough , have petitioned the council asking for more street lighting to try to reduce the problems associated with vandalism . |
| 15 | We wanted to compress that to Ms Green 's asking for more staff in her department and finance these measures . |