Sentence examples for was formally asked from inspiring English sources

When Hayden was formally asked to serve by the Obama Administration, she told me, "It was that word, 'serve,' that helped me.

The question was formally asked and necessitated an answer.

This past December, after 18 years of negotiations, Russia was formally asked to join the World Trade Organization WTOO).

And a California state lawmaker was formally asked to stop hugging people after three current and former female legislators said his behavior made them uncomfortable.

South Africa has been formally asked to join a group of major emerging markets, bolstering its position as Africa's champion.

Capital reserves at all three were uncomfortably close to the level where they would have been formally asked to either raise more capital or reduce risk.

Bob Carr never submitted a draft of his controversial memoir to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) before publication, despite being formally asked to do so.

The Times used "invited" in its headline and "called to give evidence" in its article, while the Daily Telegraph very properly reported that Leveson had been "formally asked" to appear and "will be called to give evidence".

Two former aides to President Clinton, James Carville and John Podesta, have been mentioned by her allies as potential hires, but neither man has been formally asked, said people with knowledge of internal campaign conversations.

And the order surprised John Bellinger III, the National Security Council legal adviser and deputy White House counsel, who had been formally asked to help create a legal method for trying foreign terror suspects.

The County Attorney, Alan Scheinkman, while stressing that he has not yet been formally asked to research the matter, said, "The county has the authority to protect the safety of its residents".