Example sentences of "[noun sg] demand for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition demands for further investigation of the Sagawa Kyubin scandal — and in particular the insistence that Kanemaru and Takeshita testify before the Diet — threatened to disrupt the business scheduled for the session . |
| 2 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |
| 3 | Tension was reported also in the medical and telecommunications sectors , where strike action was being threatened to back demands for better conditions . |
| 4 | 4.1 The hedging demand for derivative assets |
| 5 | These developments can be explained by the factors affecting the underlying hedging demand for these products . |
| 6 | The division resulted from user demand for open products . |
| 7 | American courts were to exercise a special vigilance to protect foreign litigants from abusive discovery , for example demands for excessive numbers of depositions or documents involving high transportation costs and capable of being used as a device to secure a settlement of the case . |
| 8 | The student demands for democratic rights and freedoms had not been achieved , but China was not plunged into an extremist political campaign . |
| 9 | Growing urban scepticism about the ecological wisdom of intensive farming is often paralleled by a lack of appreciation that it has been essential to meet consumer demand for cheap food . |
| 10 | The boom in study days and conferences and in nursing literature is evidence of consumer demand for enjoyable ways of adding to professional knowledge , and there is now no need whatever to view continuing education as a chore and a duty to be carried out in isolation from colleagues and friends . |
| 11 | The combination of technical standardisation , unprecedented sound quality , the robustness of the medium and the huge consumer demand for high fidelity music , had an almost explosive effect on sales . |
| 12 | But its use value is its power to satisfy consumer demand for some stimulant . |
| 13 | A succession of government-union talks throughout June failed to reach conclusive settlements of widespread union demands for higher wages , settlement of outstanding overtime pay , reform of the excessive wage tax , compensatory payments for the 140 per cent and 110 per cent increases respectively in gas and electricity charges introduced on May 27 , and cancellation of government plans for higher rents and other charges anticipated in the July budget . |
| 14 | The generation of power from nuclear fission , generating intense radioactivity , has been developed and used commercially for several decades to meet part of the world demand for electrical energy . |
| 15 | The increase in world demand for refined gallium , which has no naturally occurring ore , is reflected in the market . |
| 16 | It was found that certain valuable cash crops like coffee , cocoa , oil palm and pepper grew well along rivers and that under the forest there was probably enough iron ore to meet world demand for 400 years , large deposits of bauxite , gold , nickel , copper and tin . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , customer demands for lower charges and improved service were cited as the major source of competitive pressure in the industry ( reported by over 55 per cent of all operators ) . |
| 18 | The US government refused rebel demands for military assistance on the grounds that it would be wrong to involve itself in Iraq 's internal affairs . |
| 19 | In its March 17 press release , COSE gave as the reason for its existence as ‘ increased customer demand for consistent technologies across multiple systems , greater technology choice , increased cost savings and quicker time to market . ’ |
| 20 | In its March 17 press release , COSE gave as the reason for its existence ‘ increased customer demand for consistent technologies across multiple platforms , greater technology choice , increased cost savings and quicker time to market . ’ |
| 21 | The company says the Dedicated Systems Business Unit was formed in response to customer demand for additional networking functionality in dedicated systems , which it conceives of as dedicated systems with low system overhead , fast performance , built-in networking , real time response and graphics capabilities . |
| 22 | The former Wallabies coach Alan Jones examines the umbilical links between commerce , international rugby and player demands for financial security and much of the Whitbread , edited by the broadcasters Nigel Starmer-Smith and Ian Robertson , is devoted to the Lions ’ tour of Australia which gives a sharp retrospective edge to interviews with David Campese and Ian McGeechan . |
| 23 | However , East Ropery Banks remains , is now designated as long-life property and seems to have recovered from some 8 years of planning blight through a combination of the re-availability of improvement grants and a strong market demand for small dwellings in central North Shields . |
| 24 | Country A currently has a GDP per head of $3,000 , which is expected to rise by 4% next year , and total market demand for electrical goods is currently $5,000,000 per year . |
| 25 | We can estimate that total market demand for electrical goods will rise by ( 2.0 O 4% ) = 8% next year to 1.08 O $5 million = $5,400,000 . |