Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the demand for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waters on which we travel are released from the penstocks of Glen Canyon Dam , 105 miles upstream , according to the demand for hydroelectric power in cities hundreds of miles away . |
| 2 | They have enough inner strength not to feel threatened by the demand for child-like dependency implicit in tears ; they will recognize it for what it is , a temporary rather than a permanent threat to their autonomy . |
| 3 | All that had once seemed clear was clouding now , and she chafed under the demand for moral adjustment to this difficult guest with her very real needs . |
| 4 | In conclusion , the demand for health care differs from the demand for other services and its responsiveness to market forces is open to question . |
| 5 | It is clear though that the economic tide was running very much in the party 's direction in 1915–16 ; in 1915 the first industrial tariffs for half a century were imposed , and by a Liberal Chancellor ; in 1916 even the Manchester Chamber of Commerce joined in the demand for industrial protection , causing the resignation of its chairman in protest at the abandonment of a century of belief in free trade . |
| 6 | In addition it must be acknowledged that the public schools have adapted to the demand for scientific and managerial graduates by modernising their range of subjects and strengthening their science teaching . |
| 7 | Oxbridge , then , was only lifted to the apex of the study of English language , literature , and history when it was subjected to the demands for national efficiency and leadership . |
| 8 | ] The extent to which GIST was successful in particular schools appears to have been less dependent on the team 's efforts than on the existing school ethos and whether it was consistent with responding to the demand for genuine equality of opportunity . |
| 9 | However , this represents the shape of things to come , with the first type increasingly in the ascendancy aided and abetted by the demand for cheap food and the agricultural policies of successive governments aimed at ensuring the expansion of home production . |
| 10 | His only major mistake lay in the way he responded to the demand for international films . |
| 11 | Soviet spokesmen have interpreted such Western ‘ alliances ’ as ‘ a system incorporating a ‘ range of economic , political and strategic policies and understandings ( which ) may … be extended to the demand for military or communications bases ’ ’ . |