Sentence examples for asking for aid for from inspiring English sources

As the unprecedented Hurricane Harvey's aftermath continues to pummel Texas, lawmakers in New York and New Jersey have been criticizing their Texas colleagues for potential hypocrisy ― asking for aid for their state when they were unwilling to support relief for storm victims in another part of the country.

Jenifer Constantine, co-owner of Market Market Café in Rosendale, said that even before the storm, she received so many requests to place fliers asking for aid and containers for donations, she felt forced to turn them all down rather than look as if the cafe were promoting one over another or expecting customers to give.

It is essential to respect the agreement struck when Ireland asked for aid, "especially for 2011," Mr. Rehn said.

They expect to be taken seriously; they ask for aid and protection for their citizens abroad.

All over the city, banners and signs painted on sheets asked for aid.

He voted to ask Congress for aid for the Deaf and Dumb School in the state, and opposed redirecting fines and forfeitures earmarked for the state's "Seminaries of Learning" into the state treasury.

The Iranian government did not delay asking for international aid, calling for medicine, tents, blankets, clothing, water tanks and vehicles though rejecting foreign rescue teams.

For example, a Education Department official said, students at a particular school sent in dozens of hand-written letters asking for continued aid to for-profit colleges, but never mentioning the regulations.

Romania has agreed to guarantee shelter for the refugees, but is asking for emergency aid from the international community for secondary expenses, such as food and medicine.

The Spanish region of Catalonia is asking for financial aid from the central government.

How will they -- he at the William J. Clinton Foundation, she at the State Department -- leverage social media in asking for more aid for Haitians?