The phrase "asked to observe the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a request made to someone to watch or monitor a particular situation or event.
Example: "The students were asked to observe the experiment and take notes on the results."
Alternatives: "requested to watch the" or "instructed to monitor the".
In one condition-observation (O)–viewers were asked to observe the sculptures as if they were in a museum, without any explicit request to judge them.
The United States Embassy asked to observe the trials.
In March, Mr. Bennett asked to observe the Albuquerque police officers in practice situations.
Local authorities, police forces and schools were asked to observe the silence.
They will also be asked to observe the 11 vows that Gandhi promoted, including non-aggression, truthfulness, control of desires, and equality of religions.
It was the kind of meltdown you get when a celebrity is asked to observe the rules that apply to ordinary people.
In this type evaluation, a panel of viewers are asked to observe both the summaries and the original sequence and then respond to questions related to some evaluation criteria, (e.g. 'Was the key-frame summary useful?', 'Was the key-frame summary coherent?') or if each key-frame is 'good', 'fair', or 'poor' according to the original video sequence.
In this experiment, a group of 33 students were asked to observe how the temperature and passive and active conduction properties affect the formation and propagation of nervous impulses.
In his book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, psychologist Daniel Kahneman describes an exercise he was asked to observe for the Israeli Defense Forces that was intended to identify potential leaders.
The evaluators were asked to observe and classify the present status in the measurement month using TAI mobility, eating and toileting scales.
He wants it to be a "yoga holiday" rather than a "retreat", so while we're asked to observe silence in the mornings, he promises it's going to be fun, too.
