11.   The bank has asked the agency for the right to establish one separate subsidiary to sponsor a single housing development and another to lease real estate.

12.   The FBI has offered their services, but local authorities have so far not asked the agency for help.

13.   The GAO weighed in after Rep. Robert Barr, a Georgia Republican and longtime nemesis of Bill Clinton, asked the agency to investigate.

14.   The letter asked the agency for its help in ending the bombing and asked Baradei to discuss the risk of an attack with both NATO and the United Nations.

15.   The Port Authority asked the agency to give an opinion to guide the private arbitrators, who are expected to render a decision in the spring.

16.   Two big advertisers are asking agencies for ideas on large, significant portions of their accounts.

17.   When Dyson asked Welsh development agencies for financing a plant there, for example, they turned him down.

18.   Parliament last year asked the agency working through mountains of Stasi files to provide evidence on Gysi and Luft.

19.   As a result, the Cabinet has asked the agencies to find locally made materials to replace the imports, Pichet said.

20.   Bush also is asking agencies to study whether nuclear plants undergoing facility improvement need federal reviews, as currently required.