The phrase "are only being asked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is currently being requested to do something, often in a passive construction.
Example: "The participants are only being asked to provide feedback on the new product design."
Alternatives: "are merely requested" or "are simply being asked".
So far, New Jerseyans are only being asked to conserve.
"The much higher water users -- like power companies and manufacturers -- are only being asked to put together contingency plans," said Ms. Sadlon of the Alliance for Water Conservation.
And if so, one can only assume this is because model agencies are only being asked for this kind of black woman, which leads to further questions about how widespread and deep-rooted racism is within the fashion industry.
"The reason that voters are only being asked to name five films instead of 10 is that the current 'preferential' voting system rewards films that appear highly on the most ballots, not films that merely appear somewhere on the most ballots," he writes.
I'm going for job after job but feel more and more that I am only being asked to attend interviews to make up the numbers as every time the job appears to go to internal staff.
The source added that BBC executives would take solace from the fact that it was only being asked to take on the funding of broadcasting organisations – and not get into welfare benefits by subsidising free TV licences for over-75s.
Feel confident and reassured because she's an adult and is only being asked to chill out at your house for a few hours.
"The question is only being asked because humans can't see it," Douglas told Live Science, adding that nobody asks why humans see other colors.
The question is only being asked because these individuals voiced their opinions about Trump, yet in asking them, it legitimizes the idea that fame is somehow a qualification for the presidency.
In Vital's case, he is only being asked to make decisions by scanning data on prospective companies - looking at their financing, clinical trials, intellectual property and previous funding rounds - then decide if they are a good investment.
Or even because of some paranoid delusion (is it so paranoid?) that maybe the recipient may have some criminal exposure even though, in reality, he's done absolutely nothing wrong (and, by the way, is only being asked to produce documents).
