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The phrase "ask to be allowed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when requesting permission or seeking approval for something.
Example: "I would like to ask to be allowed to present my findings at the conference."
Alternatives: "request permission to" or "seek approval to".
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MPs have to ask to be allowed to join and must share the values of the group.
He is at Glucksburg near Flensburg; and I, therefore, ask to be allowed to name as a witness First Lieutenant Hodt, who will give evidence that during the time between July and September such shootings did not occur.
"They ought to ask the I.A.E.A. to ask Iran for either a denial or a confirmation," he said, "and if the Iranians confirm it, then the I.A.E.A. ought to ask to be allowed to see both sites".
The qualifying states may also ask to be allowed to replace the No Child law's pass-fail school report card system with accountability systems of their own design, and for new flexibility in using an estimated $1 billion of federal education money.
"That postcard really portrays the cultural fear at the time, that if women got the vote, they may then ask to be allowed to stand for Parliament and this is going to upset the whole gender order". In November 1918 women were granted the right to stand for election for the first time.
They ask to be allowed to go to the bathroom, but they will not let them go.
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She asks to be allowed to sleep.
He then asked to be allowed to take it away.
Convenience store clerks asked to be allowed to leave early when a verdict was near.
This week Duch asked to be allowed to apologise in person to his victims' families.
They called Selig and asked to be allowed to skip the mandatory interviews of minority candidates.
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