Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] demands for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the labour shortage , employers have skilfully staved off demands for big wage increases , helped by sensational talk in the media of an ‘ economic crisis ’ . |
| 2 | It also means subscription to Foucaultian power/knowledge assumptions that are difficult to square with demands for modernist universalism . |
| 3 | In Sri Lanka Sinhalese-Buddhist cultural nationalism was linked with other grievances and was sometimes expressed through rioting , but in the absence of élite leadership it was not channelled into demands for constitutional concessions from the British . |
| 4 | Now the river 's flow varies on a daily basis , according to demands for hydroelectric power at the dam , and never reaches spring flood proportions . |
| 5 | Peacock and Wiseman 's ‘ displacement theory ’ , covering the period 1890–1953 , suggested that public spending was not rising with the smooth , small changes predicted by Wagner , but that it was displaced ( permanently ) upwards by social upheavals associated , for instance , with depressions or wars leading to demands for new social expenditure ( Fig. 15.6 above indicates the displacements of 1914–18 and 1939–45 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There were further difficulties within most of the republics stemming from demands for local autonomy or even independence . |
| 8 | Foreign imports such as colour television sets and hi-fi systems cram shop windows , catering to demands for conspicuous consumption . |
| 9 | This fear has led to demands for minimum wage levels , social security provisions and minimum health and safety guarantees , to avoid competitive pressures reducing standards to unacceptably low levels . |
| 10 | Troops confront the peaceful demonstration , led by Father Gapon , in which traditional deference was combined with demands for far-reaching social and political reform . |
| 11 | Some people are faced with demands for sexual favours or degraded or insulted . |
| 12 | Lawyers are criticised for being slow to adapt to demands for new legal services , particularly services to the poor . |