Meaning of asked in English

Upon acceptance of a paper, the author will be asked to transfer copyright to the publisher.

The period of reference is the past 1 month and detailed questions were asked about the past 1 week.

The magician told the child she had hurt her hand and asked the child to get a band-aid from a backpack.

Subjects were asked to report ' worst lifetime ' symptoms.

The party preference equation represents the selection process that determined which respondents were asked the strategic party switching question.

In contrast, when observers were asked to reach for the targets (without seeing their hand) the convergence yielded nearer reaches, and the divergence farther reaches.

The model is presented with a single object (a small cylinder), and asked to perform one of three tasks.

At each recall, subjects were given the script title and then asked to give a verbal account of the story.

The theory prescribed not only how to organize the travel report, but also what was to be visited and asked for.

If at any time the experimenter was unsure whether the child understood the word, further questions were asked.

Respondents were asked if someone from a political party or anyone else had contacted them about the campaign or about voting for a particular candidate.

Subjects were asked to use the swab as if brushing their teeth for 30-60 s until the device was very wet.

Prior to the first session, we asked each participant to think of a specific area of their playing or performance they wanted to improve.

Well, perhaps there is none, if it is some bare logical or metaphysical impossibility that is being asked about.

The above resembles a story of seven blindfolded persons, who were asked to examine the morphology of an elephant.

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