Example sentences of "demand is for " in BNC.

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1 One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland .
2 Always the demand is for ‘ practical ’ skills , while academic analysis remains a despised pastime , so that even the Superintendents ' Association ( the equivalent of the Police Federation for the lower ranks ) has similarly denied any place for intellectualism for its members .
3 Ninety per cent of their demand is for ‘ pretty ordinary ’ packages , and his staff know how to pick their way through the brochures .
4 One demand is for compensation for damage done to the land by open-cast mining .
5 While consumer demand is for ‘ natural ’ and ‘ additive-free ’ products , manufacturers have to seek out ways of making food last as long as possible , so irradiation is being promoted as a more viable alternative for prolonging shelf life in the future .
6 On the one hand he must cope with routines where the demand is for precise obedience to established instructions and on the other hand he might suddenly be faced with a need to respond in a creative manner totally outside any instructions .
7 Conventional psychology 's principal methodological demand is for the kind of objectivity promised by the laboratory experiment .
8 The demand is for some kind of necessity , some sense in which an increase in the money supply must result in inflation .
9 Currently , the most frequent demand is for a minimum wage level of two-thirds of average earnings to be either implemented immediately , or over a short period .
10 This approach is to be followed where the demand is for an excessive sum .
11 Their quality varies from place to place , but the demand is for a comparatively small body of men .
12 With the wide availability of private transport their location may be of little significance unless tile primary demand is for retirement homes , when prospective purchasers will be heavily dependent on local services .
13 The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action .
14 Most people used to want a 4ft tree , now the demand is for 5 or 6 footers .
15 Local market demand is for 50,000 tonnes a year of sand and gravel , said Mr Bown .
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