It is standard procedure in China for camera crews to ask for permission to film.
Homeowners in Cornwall could be forced to ask for permission to use their property as a second house or holiday let.
But the White House has already made it clear that in the Iraq agreement, it won't go to Congress to ask for permission.
Looking back, it was critical to have had mutual agreement beforehand, since it was far easier to ask for permission than to continually ask for forgiveness.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service is set to ask Congress for permission to end the delivery of letters on Saturdays.
To protect against this, they say, we need a system where physicians have to ask patients for permission to access their information.
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Tombstone now asserts that it owns 25 springs in the Huachuca Mountains and shouldn't have to ask anyone for permission to maintain its own water line.
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We should recall that it was a near-run thing when George Bush senior decided to ask Congress for permission to repel Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
Mr. Newman says he didn't have to ask Apple for permission to use the lowercase i and had no trouble getting iHospital registered as a trademark in the U.S. and Europe.
But other Democrats, including Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden, D-Delaware, said it was premature for the president to ask Congress for permission to use military action.
To me, empowerment is about giving employees the permission to give customers priority and to use their creative talents to find solutions when issues arise, without having to run to management and ask for permission to do something.
The City of London must then decide whether to ask the government for permission to do so.
The idea that they were somehow hoping that by distributing this software, piracy would get to the point where they had to ask the government for permission to control the internet seems like a bit of reach.
The New York-based company also disclosed that Elliott Associates LP and one of its affiliates plan to ask federal regulators for permission to buy a major stake in the company and may seek board seats at the annual meeting in May.
He believes that what is more likely to happen in reality is for the device to calculate the measurements and then ask a nurse for permission for it to administer them.
He said under its contract it had to ask the county council for permission to give interviews and that on many previous occasions that had been refused.
In December, Jordan said, he met with Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf to ask permission for CNN to send journalists into areas of northern Iraq that had been under Kurdish control since the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
He purchased it without telling her, choosing to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
In the 35-page complaint, the residents and parks groups argue that the city is required to ask the state Legislature for permission to lease Damrosch Park under a statute known as the public trust doctrine, which provides that public spaces should be used for public purposes.
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Upon arrival at a village, you or your guide will need to ask the Kepala Kampung (village headman) for permission to stay the night, and a cash donation should also be made to him on your departure.
"It was, and still is, better sometimes to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission, " he said.
Apparently the SEALs did not ask for permission to consult on the video game, and showed designers their specially designed equipment.
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"ADs would always call and ask for permission to interview my assistants, and I'd say that if you interview him, you'll hire him, " Fry said.
Ironically, many times just doing what you think is right and asking for forgiveness later (ask for forgiveness, not for permission) tends to work.
The Treasury Department said it would ask Congress for permission to buy shares of the companies' stock.
If the Brussels negotiators have to ask advance permission from member states for every compromise, it is hard to see how they can hope to make substantial progress before the December deadline.
Developers behind plans to build 200 new homes in Malmesbury are to ask for a judicial review after their planning permission was withdrawn.
According to people familiar with the matter, Apple would ask consumers who subscribe to an iPad version of a magazine or newspaper for permission to share personal information about them, like their name and email address, with the publisher.
The Wey and Arun Canal Trust is holding a public exhibition in Dunsfold to ask for people's views before a formal planning permission is sought.
The regional governor of Tula, for instance, told a Seventh Day Adventist pastor that if he wanted to rent a lecture-theatre for worship he should ask permission of the local Orthodox priest.
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