This means minimising the time it takes to get from curb to gate when designing an airport terminal (which is different from a shopping mall) even if some people seem to think this is too much to ask for.
The big question now is whether the tools of neuroscience will allow economics to fulfil Edgeworth's vision or, if that is too much to ask, at least to be grounded in the physical reality of the brain.
But after awhile they got to a point where they felt it was too much to ask of them.
The Minister told Assembly Members that he was prepared to use his powers to cap the level of increases in council tax, but was confident that Welsh councils would remain responsible in their decision making on how much to ask council tax payers to contribute in the next financial year.
The solution is to force ourselves to consider this fact--to ask ourselves how much the future pleasures that our frontal lobes are simulating rely on comparisons that we won't be making when the future actually happens.
She was told she would have to be assessed in Milton Keynes, but Ms Carroll said this was too much to ask.
But for those of us who are allergic to the beach or are staging a "sit-in" against wrinkles, is it too much to ask that we have a few good summer film options?
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People with wealth have appeared to stop questioning whether they should buy gold, and have started to ask how much is the right amount to invest?
The problem with many smart technologies is that their designers, in the quest to root out the imperfections of the human condition, seldom stop to ask how much frustration, failure and regret is required for happiness and achievement to retain any meaning.
Americans are entitled to the benefit of their bargain when buying health insurance, and asking the insurers to spend 80% of what they take from us in premiums on our care does not seem like too much to ask.
Our recommendation, quite simply, would be to ditch the skin altogether -- that is, if a faster processor and the latest Android OS are too much to ask (which apparently they are).
The ability to see how much money was available convinced players to ask for less, and the ability to jointly define how revenue would be measured helped the two sides agree to linking salary cap levels to revenue levels.
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Is it too much to ask that this year's presidential campaign be a beginning?
But a bit more humanity, and a lot more honesty, isn't too much to ask.
It is probably too much to ask that Mr. Magill, already covering so much ground, bridge C.
But with a 16-game season and the ever-present concern over injuries, is it too much to ask?
On the ancient shores of a country just 40 years in the making, it hardly seems too much to ask.
It is too much to ask people to tighten their belts twice, as it were, figuratively and literally.
Regardless, all we want is some smooth video playback from the "elegant and powerful multimedia engine" -- is that too much to ask?
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Undoubtedly, the Obama Administration is too fastidious for such Cold War-style behaviour, but perhaps overt, democratic institution-building assistance is not too much to ask.
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Or maybe this is just too much to ask these days.
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What we're watching : The Sound of Music is airing tonight on ABC in HD, but we suppose an 2.20:1 OAR broadcast would be too much to ask.
Is it too much to ask that our cable connections work, that our phone calls not be dropped, that our new devices work as promised, that our travel arrangements go as planned?
Seriously, stratospheric prices don't bother us -- there is the "rich keep getting richer" crowd, after all -- but is it too much to ask for feature parity with entry-level receivers for this kind of money?
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So to think Republicans and Democrats could put the good of the nation ahead of partisan politics and special interests and transform the tax law into a manageable undertaking that most Americans can understand is likely far too much to ask.
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It doesn't seem much to ask that other journalists -- and why not also political leaders and willing members of the public -- should stop for a minute's silence on one day each year, May the third, to pay tribute and reflect on the courage of those who have died for our right to know.
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