Sentences with phrase «ask as a favor»

And I would ask as a favor that you don't count the speech I gave in high school.

A friend of mine who is a therapist at a mental facility in the New York area, asked me as a favor if I would give a lecture at his facility.

Not exact matches

As Cialdini writes, «A well - known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason.

According to Politico, Trump «asked for a show of hands from Republicans on whom they favored as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve» during a Senate lunch earlier this week.

The firm asked respondents whether they agreed with statements such as «The system is biased in favor of elites,» «Hard work is not rewarded,» and «No confidence in current leaders.»

If you're against the «reciprocal» part (which we'd obviously all avoid if possible), then do them favors & generally help them so when you ask if it's possible to get a link or two from some of their complimentary category / product pages, they'll be a lot more open to it (however, make sure you emphasize that you don't want the links to draw too much attention as you'll steal their customers» attention).

Steve Martin... and they'll throw in some grace and favor as a free gift if you order right now... just don't ask for mercy!

A distinguished Jewish rabbi had come to town, and so as not to offend him, the Centurion sent the Jewish elders to ask a favor of him.

As a once favored son of Bishop Eddie L Long, I have gotten many calls this week from associates near and afar asking me my current thoughts on my spiritual fathers» current situation.

The whole world is being exposed to God's message of eternal life, there for the asking, without measuring up or meeting some kind of impossible criterion (Grace is unmerited favor with God), just as you are.

We never found him saying «Redeemer,» «Savior,» or other such more confessional language, although he did commend the figure of Jesus Christ to the Delaware Chiefs, and urged his men to conduct themselves as «Christian soldiers» worthy of the favors they asked of divine Providence.

As a favor (and probably a good idea too for most people who visit your blog and willing to embark on the health cooking) i'd like to ask you if you possess / own all the blenders you sell on your website and if so... it would be very nice & useful for you to perhaps make a kind of review and give an honest advice on what they can and can not do and the kind of performance to expect... Not everyone can afford every piece of the ideal raw foodist equipment like the Magimix food processor and a Vitamix or Sage blender.

TIP: If you're a college student in a dorm room, (or even someone who stays at the office all day) do yourself a favor and ask a loved one for a Nutribullet as a gift to take with you (or even buy one yourself if you have some money saved up).

As a small favor, if you need to buy some of the spices for this recipe, we ask that you use the affiliate links provided above to help support our site.

First, as you already know if you're a follower of TLT's Facebook page, Lisa Leake of 100 Days of Real Food and Vani Hari, aka the Food Babe, have just launched a Change.org petition asking Kraft to ditch two artificial yellow food dyes in its iconic mac n» cheese product, dyes the company has already abandoned overseas in favor of natural food - based colorants.

I'm asking you to do this as a personal favor to me, even if you don't ultimately vote for Golisano in the general election.

Facebookers who had identified themselves as Tea Party supporters or Christian rock fans, or who had posted messages in favor of tax cuts or against abortion, found an ad from Bachmann waiting for them on their profile page in the weeks before the vote, asking for their support and directing them to a link where they could arrange a free ride to the polling place.

The second one would be an additional point in favor of the Russian implication claim, as it would benefit Putin (reinforcing his image as a strongman and as a rallying point to ask to support a government attacked by foreign countries claims).

A very contentious discussion followed, as NKD members — who passed a statement in support of holding a Con Con last year — and others asked why no one had been invited to speak in favor of Con Con, given that the Brooklyn Democratic Party has not taken an official position on this matter.

Nelson's statements came as a disappointment to people who had identified him as an uncommitted vote on «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» that could be moved in favor of repeal this year.

Scott asked a state public ethics commission to investigate whether Robert Haggerty, O'Hara's boss as the former first deputy director of the Department of Agriculture & Markets, violated state law by steering contracts to favored bidders.

When asked by defense attorney E. Stewart Jones whether he ever bribed Bruno, or mentioned any state favors, Abbruzzese offered two dozen unequivocal nos before walking out of court, kissing Bruno's lady friend, Kay Stafford, on the cheek as he passed her in the aisle.

Reed, however, was asked to relinquish his job as State Chairman by Perdue, whose long - shot candidacy was largely ignored by Reed in favor of Chambliss.

Trained as a general surgeon, Pories was asked to focus on the profitable area of obesity shortly after arriving at the Brody School of Medicine in 1977; the Roux - en - Y ultimately became his favored technique.

A few examples: I think that women aren't as good at asking for favors as part of business barters, which is how so much gets accomplished in industry.

The children were then asked a series of questions — such as who they liked the best and who they wanted to share a toy with — intended to gauge whether they favored the recipient of positive nonverbal signals over the recipient of negative nonverbal signals.

As one that repeatedly asked that you rescind your bet in favor of a gentleman's bet, I commend you for agreeing to a non-financial bet.

TIP: If you're a college student in a dorm room, (or even someone who stays at the office all day) do yourself a favor and ask a loved one for a Nutribullet as a gift to take with you (or even buy one yourself if you have some money saved up).

In addition, you will be asked some pretty personal questions such as how often you like sex, where you like sex and your favored sexual positions.

He wants me to help him «work on this idea for a website I have...» Oh, of course he asks me to be mature and not say anything about this to our mutual friend as a favor to him... Really?

Mendelsohn's Gerry («Like Lewis,» Curtis asks; «Like Ford,» Gerry replies) is as desperate as losers come, and there's a constant sense of him silently trying to justify his every wrong action — just one more bet, just a bit more money, just one little sign that luck is on his side (He's convinced that Curtis and a rainbow, which both men saw upon the morning of the first meeting, are charms in his favor).

Aldrich's relatives included politicians and bankers — the Rockefellers were both — but the first and last favor he asked from any of them was when an uncle at Chase Bank helped him get his first job as a production clerk at RKO.

Seeing the reaction to this character — someone who's doing stuff that you haven't seen a woman do for a long time, if at all, who's not trying to placate an audience or ask any favors — that's exciting to write as a dramatist.»

It is pretty to look at, however, and the Ellen Burstyn is quite fine as a former free spirit laid low by a stroke who sees a kindred soul in Howard and asks for a favor that she doesn't with her own family.

Those cited in the article who criticize those in favor of upgrading technology first and asking questions later about how it will impact student achievement are exactly right, as Bror Saxberg — one of the leading thinkers in understanding how to use technology to bolster learning — argues here.

Additionally, teachers should favor graphic organizers and activities that ask students to provide direct quotations from the text as evidence.

And judging by the survey results it looks as if about a quarter of the teachers might favor Governor Walker's proposals to ask unions to collect their own dues rather than have the government take the money directly from the teacher's paycheck.

To assess public support for this policy, commonly known as merit pay, the survey asked respondents in 2009 whether they favored «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on students» academic progress on state tests.»

Teachers are nearly as likely to favor the idea, perhaps because it would help to ensure that their students are prepared for the material they are asked to impart.

As the executive director and the board chairman of the District of Columbia's independent chartering body, we are often asked whether we favor a «New Orleans» future for D.C., where charter schools eventually serve virtually all public - school students.

Please do yourself a favor and ask lots of questions and also talk to as many owners and research any car you purchase from these people before hand.

Investing in those relationships before you come up with a project or the next book will always help because the moment you ask somebody for a favor, they'll be happy to do it when you're doing something for them as well.»

Her parents favored him so his asking her to the ball was seen as advantageous esp.

I was fully prepared to beg my father to be part of the act, but he asked, as if I were the one who would be doing him a favor.

After a banner year for YA movies (War Horse, HP 7.2, Tintin, Hugo and Twilight) and 2012 looking strong as well (of course, Hunger Games), Salon asked a number of authors — including Sherman Alexie, Gregory Maguire and Sara Zarr — to name their best and worst picks in teen book - to - movie adaptations and to name the titles they favor for future features on the silver screen.

Remember, you're asking people to spend their time to do you a big favor, don't treat that as a throwaway or something they owe you just because you showed up.

As someone who is trying to follow the rules, I have a favor to ask of book bloggers.

You can do this deliberately, such as having a «list share» or «you buy my 99cent book and I'll buy yours» — and you can do some of that also, but you'll make a better impression if you just help people without asking for anything in return (if they do return the favor, they'll do it because they want to and it will be more effective).

All that is now solved, and the owners have even asked that I house sit for them on their honeymoon next year, which I agreed to do as a favor (I am not in the house sitting business, but I will do that for friends, and these folks have become my friends).

One insurance company, Midland Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, asks clients over age 75 if they have a pet as part of their medical screening — which often helps tip the scales in their favor.