Example sentences of "asked for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The allocation runs counter to the recommendations of a report last year that asked for greater spending on universities ( see Nature 356 , 9 : 1992 ) . |
| 2 | It did not say that the BBC wanted an experienced journalist' : it asked for relevant experience . |
| 3 | Facts : pleaded guilty to six counts of theft , burglary and obtaining by deception , and asked for 14 similar offences to be considered . |
| 4 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you take Azor for a long walk every day , Mr Gajdusek ? ’ she asked for innocent openers . |
| 6 | Rather ingenuously it appears that , with the liberation of Paris , the French in Vietnam asked for Japanese permission to celebrate the event ; and it must have been obvious to the Japanese , too , that the uneasy but de facto alignment between them and the French was liable to break down sooner or later . |
| 7 | In a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , Suharto asked for Japanese economic aid to Indonesia to continue , while assuring Kaifu that there would be a stable supply of oil to Japan . |
| 8 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 9 | I asked for certain research facilities and I got them . |
| 10 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 11 | The youth , who can not be named for legal reasons , admitted three charges of criminal damage between November 1 , 1992 and February 28 this year and asked for four similar offences to be considered . |
| 12 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 13 | Can I just say , Chairman , that the problem was that they asked for , the region asked for equal representation with the County Council , now if all the districts did that then there 'd be , then the Grants Panel would have about twenty one people to I mean , for the operation to go ahead . |
| 14 | This time , they asked for 1 and 3 quarter million and Spurs offered 350 thousand , but the final figure was much nearer Swindon 's valuation . |
| 15 | Now for all those reasons madame speaker , this these orders er er today are inadequate , too little , too late , we ca n't vote against them , much as the the member who preceded me seemed inclined to vote against them and I wish that he had the g er the guts of 'is cu the courage of his convictions er he should vote against them , er we on this side are far more responsible er than that because to vote against them er might be an indication that we 're as much in frau in favour of fraud as members on the other side of the house , er we 're not in favour of fraud , we welcome any progress to detection of fraud , even progress that we asked for five eight years ago when the relevant legislation was passed . |
| 16 | Few doubt that if Mr Clinton asked for congressional approval for air strikes , he would get it . |
| 17 | The coup leaders belatedly asked for additional US help . |
| 18 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 19 | Fortunately , she was a feminist and seldom asked for extra money , since she would consider that degrading , although she had accepted a house and school fees . |
| 20 | I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Following the elections there has been less high profile security presence in the area , ’ he said , adding that some time ago he asked for extra security measures for the town . |
| 22 | ‘ We asked for ordinary Russians , but the embassy must have misunderstood and sent us some of the country 's creme de la creme . |
| 23 | James went to the local police superintendent , one Smith , and asked for 100 police to be billeted on the colliery premises , as , otherwise , the safety men , who were frightened , would not come to work . |
| 24 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 25 | In nineteen ninety , ninety one we asked for six point four seven four million in poll tax . |
| 26 | Pearson , of Tadcaster , admitted three arson charges and asked for eight others to be considered . |
| 27 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 28 | He asked for eight other offences to be considered . |
| 29 | Halfway round the ring when he asked for little more collection she offered no resistance and they moved as one into an easy working trot rising . |
| 30 | Clubs asked for early warning |