Example sentences of "[pos pn] demand for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 2 | The JKNLF and several other militant groups have stepped up their campaigns of civil unrest , strikes , and outright terrorism , to press their demands for a free Kashmir or union with Pakistan . |
| 3 | The calls came as the British Medical Association in a new report stepped up its demands for a total ban on boxing . |
| 4 | The NCOPA said , however , that it would maintain its campaign of civil disobedience — the so-called " dead cities " campaign — until its demands for a national conference were satisfied . |
| 5 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 6 | But Christian MPs held firm to their demand for a programmed Syrian military withdrawal , brushing aside repeated verbal assurances from Arab countries that such a withdrawal would take place . |
| 7 | They intend to press their demand for a British referendum , towards the end of the committee stage . |
| 8 | The PLO leadership ( including the PLO executive committee ) met in Tunis on July 20-21 and reiterated its demand for a total freeze on settlement building , calling for imminent elections to a " legislative council " which would have " complete authority " in the occupied territories during the transitional period . |
| 9 | Law 's feeling for the sense of the party was less sure than usual in 1916 but , once certain of the party feeling and the national interest , he did not waver in his demand for a different sort of government . |