Example sentences of "demand for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | With the media thriving on doomsday and eco-crisis stories with the recurrent theme of ‘ immediate danger , immediate action ’ ( Chase , 1973 ) , public interest , and demands for prompt action , inevitably resulted : the ‘ environmental ’ or ‘ ecology ’ movement was born . |
| 2 | The loss of competitive edge might open up demands for protective measures against countries which have imposed no limitations on their own industries . |
| 3 | Pedestrianisation of the area inside the ring would be an obvious policy , but there is much housing here , with the resultant generation of demands for vehicular access for residents ' cars and for provision of services . |
| 4 | They are people whose lives are full of activity and demands for immediate responses ; they often have little time for reflection and study . |
| 5 | Stopping ( b ) by teaching the child to defer demands for immediate gratification , will , however , also stop all the other problems . |
| 6 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |
| 7 | In response to Baltic demands for immediate troop withdrawal , the Russian side repeated that the withdrawal of former Soviet forces from the Baltic states before 1997-99 would depend on material provision for the servicemen . |
| 8 | The symbols of this were the crushing of the demands for equal rights to enfranchisement for the working classes . |
| 9 | The protest was called by the Swiss Trade Union Federation , supported by a wide range of church , political and business organizations , to renew demands for equal pay and employment for women , better child care and fairer social security laws . |
| 10 | In June 1991 thousands of women went on a one-day strike in support of demands for equal pay and treatment in employment [ see p. 38299 ] . |
| 11 | De Gaulle was able to be flexible in meeting the demands for democratic participation because he could feel that he was making concessions on his own terms . |
| 12 | The student demands for democratic rights and freedoms had not been achieved , but China was not plunged into an extremist political campaign . |
| 13 | Each time the demands for democratic reforms to accompany economic ones were ignored . |
| 14 | As the government of President Paul Biya continued to resist demands for democratic reform , opposition groups decided on Aug. 12 to maintain their call for civil disobedience as part of their campaign for a national conference . |
| 15 | Feminists combined practical demands for criminal law legislation with an effective propaganda campaign . |
| 16 | They are seen as a consequence of the demands for instinctual renunciation of sexuality that the father demands of his sons . |
| 17 | A forlorn hope that the US might make concessions on its demands for Japanese withdrawal before dwindling stockpiles compelled Japan to engage in war to renew them , prolonged negotiations after the decision for a southward advance was reached in September 1941 , but by November few were convinced there was any alternative to attacking the US . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is just the space between these contradictions that subordinate groups fill with their demands for legal change . |
| 19 | Azana 's capitulation to demands for Catalan indep. 1931 ( flag , president + Parliament ) divide Sp. further + more calls for autonomy . |
| 20 | On the issue of compensation for Japan 's pre-1945 colonization of Korea , Nakahira rejected Chon 's demands for financial compensation for property damages and deaths of Korean citizens . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Although the rebels ' demands for personal freedom are conspicuous in the chronicles , this can hardly have been the main motive of the Kentishmen , one of the most prominent groups among the peasants , because in Kent there was no serfdom . |
| 23 | In a society where the uniqueness of Japan 's past weighs heavily , employers are able to justify their demands for personal loyalty and sacrifice in terms of longstanding cultural practices . |
| 24 | What is missing from small firms is the sense of participation in decision-making as the more intimate working relations between owners and their family result in more authoritarian demands for personal obedience . |
| 25 | For its part , the government has shelved its demands for entrenched veto rights for minorities and for indefinite power-sharing with whites . |
| 26 | The row erupted as Sefton 's Environment committee discussed Powergen 's appeal against demands for environmental protection measures costing £12m . |
| 27 | Third , markets also became increasingly fragmented as rising affluence led to increasing demands for differentiated products from discriminating purchasers . |
| 28 | Equally , management should think through the message which it wants to convey to employees so that it does not arrive too soon in a half baked form , leading to demands for endless meetings and possible confrontation . |
| 29 | Moreover , public demands for federal action were fulfilled with the enactment of major environmental legislation . |
| 30 | Those who want equal time for creation science in biology classes might as well make similar demands for Flat Earth theory in astronomy classes . |