Sentence examples for contemplating asking from inspiring English sources

At least one firm has gone so far as to begin contemplating asking its investors, which include the nation's largest pension funds, to extend the deadline for the money to be spent in return for certain concessions on fees.

As they consider an add-on to the bailout package they agreed upon barely a year ago, they are now contemplating asking Greece to pledge collateral against future borrowing.

To address the problem, Mr. Riepe is contemplating asking the National Park Service to move the Cross Bay Boulevard nest away from the bike path, which opened last month, and into the wildlife refuge.

He said the district is contemplating asking the city to impose a fee of between $1,500 to $2,000 per unit on developers--something he admits "won't be well received". The money would be used for temporary classrooms.

Even Lowell contemplated asking her to marry him.

He looks so spry that I contemplate asking if he has been injecting himself with the semen of baby pigs.

The central difficulty facing the H.P. board as it contemplated asking Mr. Hurd to leave is that California frowns on noncompete agreements.

Mr. Rumsfeld, who was President Gerald Ford's defense secretary 25 years ago, even contemplated asking a retired general to return to service, which would have required a waiver.

No one would contemplate asking that question about, say, all Zandra Rhodes dresses, or even a collection of Premier League football memorabilia, had they gone up in smoke.

On the world's most awkward first date, Gus actually insists on moving tables only to hate his new table and contemplate asking the waiter to move back.

After he hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2005 (he called it "one of the best weeks of my life"), he said he contemplated asking Lorne Michaels for a steady gig.