"We encourage people to enquire of the operator whether there are other routes, " he added.

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In our country a person might enquire of another after the health of a third.

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Baby Leo's father Tom Moulsdale, 24, briefly left the car to enquire about some work at a house.

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Maybe we should enquire the ramifications of this structure of inequality on the happiness of married people, and of all people for that matter.

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We will enquire into the claims that are made and we take very seriously any allegation of poor standards on our part.

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The Blues approached Welsh rivals the Ospreys to enquire about the availability of Wales and British and Irish Lions star James Hook but the enquiry was rejected.

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But what Jonathan Routh preferred to do was to dress up as a tree, wait at a bus stop and enquire which bus would take him to Sherwood Forest.

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Certainly travellers can finish up meals, avoid buffets, enquire about food waste when they check into hotels and choose properties, cruise-lines and tour operators that have programmes in place to reduce or recycle wastage.

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In 1997, after the Labour government came to power, Straw asked Sir William Macpherson to enquire into how public institutions could judge how well they were addressing the needs of an ethnically diverse society - focussing on the Met.

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"Sir Robin had not discussed any role as an expert, or any related matter, with Samsung or any of its representatives either directly or indirectly before 9 January 2013, when he was approached through his clerk by Bristows in the normal way to enquire as to his availability to give an expert opinion, " it said.

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