Sentence examples for ask for little from inspiring English sources

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Immigrants ask for little more than the opportunity to work so they can send money home.

This is a characteristically patriarchal gesture: Mathilde seems to ask for little, and subsumes whatever desire for a career she may have had to his larger claims.

But the Bush administration will ask for little or no increase in financing, said Mr. Bost, who added that he hoped to find additional money by weeding out students who officials say are ineligible for free or subsidized school meals.

But if you're convinced that you're going to sell tons of books, then it might make sense to ask for little or no advance, in exchange for a heftier share of the proceeds.

Daniel Schwarz recognizes these competing forces in the midst of his generous praise for my book, and if my narrative offers anything that seems new and indispensable to a scholar as knowledgeable and perceptive as he is, then I can ask for little more.

When asked how the app accounts for coverage, cofounder and CEO Kevin Pomplum said, "That was one of the tradeoffs we had to think about in terms of our product". Their dilemma was to either require people fill out a lengthy form that went into details like coverage, or ask for little info and deliver averages.

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She asked for little.

I asked for little or no help with anything.

He asked for little, was deserving of so much and will always be loved and respected by all who knew him.

Asked what Mrs. Clinton could do on relations between mainland China and Taiwan, long a top priority for Beijing, Mr. Ma asked for little help.

New Mexico just happens to have jumped in with both feet, building a whole facility for Virgin Galactic and asking for little in return.

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