Example sentences of "demand for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Frankfurt : Strong demand for Daimler , AEG and other selected stocks pushed interest rate fears into the background . |
| 32 | As in Britain , French newspapers are having to respond to the growing demand for advertising space by adding extra pages . |
| 33 | BUOYANT demand for homes last year helped John Maunders Group , the Manchester-based housebuilder to boost taxable profits by 50 per cent to £7.14m in the 12 months ended 30 June . |
| 34 | This time it was the turn of Pauls , the food division , to thrive on the back of high pig prices and strong demand for malt from the Japanese whisky industry . |
| 35 | But Mr Akers reiterated yesterday that he saw no long-term change in economic assumptions or any downturn in demand for the company 's products . |
| 36 | But Christian MPs held firm to their demand for a programmed Syrian military withdrawal , brushing aside repeated verbal assurances from Arab countries that such a withdrawal would take place . |
| 37 | Hampshire said it did not want to duck its share of the South-east 's demand for housing , but would find land enough in the south of the county in preference to development nearer London . |
| 38 | ‘ The Government 's monetary policy has already lowered demand for other consumer goods . |
| 39 | It was a demand for his own deselection . |
| 40 | The US currency appeared to shrug off the impact of Thursday 's round of European interest rate increases led by the Bundesbank , and central bank intervention yesterday , chiefly because of expectations of strong demand for the dollar from the Far East . |
| 41 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 42 | Wine is not quenching , but no less in demand for that . |
| 43 | We 've noticed a fall in the demand for allotments . ’ |
| 44 | THE LABOUR leadership suffered an embarrassing rebuff when lesbian and gay rights activists won a conference endorsement of their demand for cutting the age of homosexual consent from 21 to 16 . |
| 45 | ‘ The short term benefit of certainty in household budgeting can be more than offset by a nasty shock when the rate is revised , ’ said the Abbey , which adds that its research reveals no demand for budget schemes . |
| 46 | Obviously , however , Bristol and West hopes to hear from interested people in advance — if only so it can gauge the likely demand for each property before the auction starts . |
| 47 | The unrest stems from their demand for higher salaries and better working conditions and has brought the day-to-day operations at the ministry of finance to a virtual standstill . |
| 48 | The use of telex machines increased 7 per cent in the year 1987-88 and the demand for fax machines will outstrip that this year . |
| 49 | But at a rally in Baku on Sunday , the Azerbaijani Popular Front , prime mover in the blockade , indicated it was continuing its campaign , which is aimed at forcing Armenia to drop its demand for reunification with Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 50 | A GROWING demand for slate roofs has breathed new life into traditional slate quarrying in north Wales and given a fillip to villages that for centuries have relied on the industry for jobs . |
| 51 | ‘ It pays well and has brought valuable jobs , but if the demand for slate drops they will close us down without a second thought , ’ one said . |
| 52 | Incentives were announced yesterday which analysts agreed ought to guarantee a very high level of retail demand for the shares . |
| 53 | He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’ |
| 54 | Sir David acknowledged a demand for political reforms to be speeded up , but hedged on how far Britain would go in backing them . |
| 55 | The protection for losing authorities ( for the following three years ) will be paid for by the Exchequer , ’ Mr Hunt said , answering a demand for central funding repeated in the debate . |
| 56 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 57 | REFORM OF the law on Sunday trading was put on ice for at least another year yesterday despite a clear demand for liberalisation by rank-and-file Tories , writes Stephen Goodwin . |
| 58 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
| 59 | But the Bank had been monitoring the situation closely and there had to be ‘ room for debate ’ about whether there would be sufficient demand for office space in the early 1990s for the supply coming on stream . |
| 60 | With demand for homeloans at a low ebb , few will want to go higher . |