Example sentences of "a demand for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rightists might orchestrate a demand for withdrawal of American troops . |
| 2 | Since maximising the value of the firm will have the effect of maximising the value of each member 's holdings , members with a demand for income need simply sell a proportion of their now more valuable shares in order to unlock their investment . |
| 3 | The industry grew up in the Lake District because there was a demand for gunpowder in the slate quarries and copper mines of the region , and because of the ready availability of birch and alder for charcoal and fast flowing becks to drive the machinery in the area . |
| 4 | litre turbo diesel , which gains refinements like electric windows to bring it up to CD level , mirroring a demand for refinement from diesel buyers these days . |
| 5 | In both countries the movement away from the pure gospel of self-help to a demand for state action can be dated from the late 1840s . |
| 6 | Thus the experience of the Boer War combined with fears about the British economy to produce a demand for state and voluntary welfare measures designed to increase ‘ national efficiency ’ , in the contemporary phrase , among influential social groups who previously had been hostile or indifferent to social issues . |
| 7 | At any time it could turn into a strident chorus , a demand for humanity . |
| 8 | Furthermore , even if a surplus of wool was produced , there was perhaps more hope of selling it to the developing cloth industry than of disposing of grain which was not required , as a demand for clothing can be more flexible than one for food when men have additional purchasing power ( 59 ; 62 ) . |
| 9 | This creates a demand for oxygen , so the heart works a little harder , and the lungs are fully used . |
| 10 | We ca n't just reduce the struggles of half the population to a demand for money . |
| 11 | The velocity concept is developed as a demand for money relationship . |
| 12 | In the present case the House of Lords found that Hardie & lane v. Chilton was correctly decided but not that a demand for money in lieu of placing on the stop list would be lawful in all circumstances . |
| 13 | Suppose secondly that we have a demand for money , ex ante , which is less than that required to hold the growing stock of bank deposits . |
| 14 | While a demand for sex is not blackmail , a demand for money in return for not disclosing that the accused has indulged in such behaviour would be because the gain would be money within s.34(2) ( a ) . |
| 15 | This creates a demand for money ( M d ) . |
| 16 | For secular courts , the consequence was a revival of inquest proceedings on a much more extended scale than had been common in the eleventh century , causing a demand for documentary proof that chanceries and monastic scriptoria were hard pressed to satisfy . |
| 17 | The coincidence of a demand for IT and of availability of IT artefacts has created a new growth industry , namely , the IT industry . |
| 18 | As a result , the store where Dinah had purchased her fine things sent a demand for payment to the University , as they were unaware of any other address . |
| 19 | In the case of a demand for payment of solicitors ' costs , one of the circumstances will be the date when the bill was served and the client 's attitude towards taxation of the bill . |
| 20 | It makes it a criminal offence to make a demand for payment without reasonable cause to believe there is a right to it . |
| 21 | There is room for organising in a non-party political way , and for the creation of umbrella organisations which bring together gay men or people with AIDS , representing not any attempt at service delivery , but a demand for government action . |
| 22 | A demand for dolphin meat for human consumption has been only a recent trend , but high transport costs from the remote Iki Island made the export of edible dolphin meat uneconomic . |
| 23 | In May 1920 Soviet partisans killed some 120 Japanese soldiers and civilians at the town of Nikolaevsk and Japan also occupied the northern half of Sakhalin to enforce a demand for compensation . |
| 24 | While a demand for sex is not blackmail , a demand for money in return for not disclosing that the accused has indulged in such behaviour would be because the gain would be money within s.34(2) ( a ) . |
| 25 | It can also contribute to congestion on the roads , various forms of pollution , and rising house prices if there is a demand for second or holiday homes . |
| 26 | Despite the drop , there is still a demand for council houses that can not be met , it says . |
| 27 | Historically , where there has been a demand for sport , the particulars of participants seem to lose significance . |
| 28 | Eventually , it was hoped , this would lead to a demand for peace which could not be ignored , at which moment the stronger party would be able to dictate the terms it wished . |
| 29 | With NVQs a trainee can trigger a demand for assessment whenever he or she reaches competence . |
| 30 | How can his robust commonsensical fallibilism be reconciled with his recognizing such a demand for justification ? |