Sentence examples for polite inquiries from inspiring English sources

A European executive says that American companies have also made polite inquiries (but no formal offers) elsewhere.

After some very polite inquiries about historical research a middle-aged woman sitting at the back spoke up.

I had to suppress any natural urge to offer congratulations, let alone polite inquiries into the due date or the sex of the child.

It's the time of year when polite inquiries about family, home and Christmas are as common as talking about the weather.

Wenger had made polite inquiries to Aston Villa over Ron Vlaar and Athletic Bilbao over their young French defender Aymeric Laporte.

[Update: The man in question, John Geddes, was in fact the managing editor of news operations.] "She had a lawyer make polite inquiries about the pay and pension disparities, which set them off".

What starts as a polite inquiry becomes a polite inquiry with an increasingly rapid pulse, as Philip begins to interview various people who knew the De Bourgh-Snows.

At this point, the "very polite inquiry" might have to become fractionally less deferential.

They were in a car pool after losing a game when Mr. Novak made a polite inquiry about Dr. Brown's husband.

A few weeks after you've applied, if you have heard nothing back, you can send a polite inquiry.

"On Royalty: A Very Polite Inquiry into Some Strangely Related Families" is also modest — and polite — in its ambitions.