Example sentences of "not ask for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ?
2 ‘ Do n't get me wrong — we 're not asking for any favours from the referee , ’ said the inspirational Leeds midfielder .
3 He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy .
4 I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’
5 I had not asked for that and , even if I had , my chances of obtaining them would have been zero .
6 It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment .
7 Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire .
8 ‘ He has not asked for any help from us .
9 When found , the duty officer obviously knew enough about Maxim 's sponsors not to ask for more .
10 Not to ask for any more appearance money .
11 Joaquim Lobato said angrily , ‘ I did not ask for that . ’
12 You can not ask for more than that .
13 I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’
14 She would not ask for any further exchange of nuclear information , but she must be released from her obligation not to use the knowledge she already possessed in seeking collaboration with other partners .
15 ‘ He did not ask for any special treatment . ’
16 ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’
17 Moreover , when nineteenth-century feminists demanded equal education and employment opportunities for single women , they did not ask for any special consideration to be extended to women on account of their reproductive role .
18 planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ?
19 ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’
20 If the so-called specialist does not ask for this information then retreat rapidly and find someone else who does .
21 We were n't asking for any more wages .
22 I was n't asked for any more information .
23 ‘ I have n't asked for any , and they have n't sent them . ’
24 I have n't asked for any favours from you . ’
25 ‘ For God 's sake , I did n't ask for all that .
26 Ca n't ask for much more than that .
27 You really could n't ask for much more at this price .
28 You really could n't ask for much more at this price .
29 You ca n't ask for much more .
30 I think it would be very helpful to the panel to know what proportion of that thirty six thousand is within the district , within the Greater York area , do n't ask for that to be done now , because it may well involve some difficult arithmetic , perhaps it 's tonight 's homework .
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