Sentence examples for adopted asks from inspiring English sources

A typical scene in a family court: an advocate acting for a young mother at risk of having her newborn baby adopted asks the judge to sanction payment for a psychological report into her mental functioning.

Floyd next capitalized on the fear of Russia's claims of sovereignty in the area and succeeded in having a resolution adopted asking the president to inform the House whether any foreign government had communicated any claims to the territory, but the information was then deemed too sensitive to disclose to the House.

When my six-year-old adopted daughter asks why she cannot be a priest, I refuse to tell her it is because of her gender.

At age 8 Lily found out she was adopted & asked her adoptive mother about her natural mother.

"Do you know why you were adopted?" she asked.

1868, when the 14th amendment was adopted?" he asked.

Shaken from his pacifism by Hitler's rise, he struggled with his role as an intellectual icon in his adopted country, asking, "Why is it that nobody understands me, but everybody likes me?" Mr Mauro prefers scene-setting colour to deep analysis, yet this is an entertaining book about big ideas and bad timing.

You wanted me to have an abortion but you don't want the baby adopted?" I asked.

This is partly because the U.S. has long allowed single, unmarried people to adopt, without asking them about their sexual orientation.

We have actually moved partway in this direction with the contemporary practice in which couples seeking to adopt are asked to reimburse the birth and delivery expenses of the natural parent.

It suggests that Number 10 basically adopted an "ask no questions, hear no inconvenient truths" approach to the legality problem until amazingly late in the day.