The phrase "clients were asked" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe an action or request that was made to a group of clients. Example: "As part of our survey, clients were asked to rate their satisfaction with our services."
His clients were asked to resign from the firm on Tuesday, he said.
In the relevant question, Tui clients were asked to give an "overall satisfaction" rating of between 100 per cent ("Excellent") and 1 per cent ("Poor").
It sent out a prospectus calling for new investors – clients were asked to put in a minimum of $100,000£70,00000) each.
Clients were asked to list the qualities they liked about themselves and then, while watching their speech on tape, write down what they would like to eliminate from their performance and what they would like to add.
Hassan Shibly, a lawyer and executive director of the CAIR office in Florida, told The Post that his clients were asked whether they knew the al-Qaeda leaders killed in U.S. military strikes last month and whether they knew of anyone who wanted to harm Americans at home or abroad.
And if these clients were asked, they would say great things about working with your company.
"My clients were asking for it," he said.
They said clients were asking: Was this rally the real deal?
Over the years, Stathos said, more and more clients were asking for modern Greek music played at "rock volume," or, worse, he said, "they were hiring d.j.s".j.s
Soon old Lehman and Salomon clients were asking him to handle their money, and Lipper eventually began to offer mutual fund products.
Luca Benini, Buddy Media's Managing Director of Europe, commented on the launch: "The reason we developed ReachBuddy is because clients were asking us what is the next step.
