298 Verbs to Use for the Word demands

Now, when the creditors reminded Mugford of his obligations, they found him totally unable to meet their demands for payment.

Nor is there any ground for saying that the fault is in the builders,that the old builders met the demands of their time, and would equally satisfy the demands of our time, without sacrifice of their art.

Their lives are wholes and they continually pass from one "subject" to another, because life and its circumstances are making new demands.

He must have boiled his tea-leaves four and five times over in order to supply the constant demands for "adha kop chha-a," preferred by casual visitors who had come up out of the City to see what was going on.

Whether Russia had increased her demands ("peremptorily sharpened" are Oncken's words)

It is delightful to discover that, when science, which is the anatomy of nature, had poisoned the theology of the country, in creating a demand for clean-cut theory in infinite affairs, the loveliness and truth of the countenance of living nature could calm the mind which this theology had irritated to the very borders of madness, and give a peace and hope which the man was altogether right in attributing to the Spirit of God.

None but Mademoiselle dared to take the part of that doomed minority in the city government, which, for resisting her own demands, were to be terribly punished on that fourth-of- July night.

The chief of the band to which this Indian belonged came to the post and demanded pay for his loss, which he contended was occasioned by the traders having moved from Belle Isle to Forty Mile, thus causing them to descend this dangerous rapid, and there is little doubt that had there not been so many white men in the vicinity he would have tried to enforce his demand.

He will not, to be sure, take the speckled trout that we find in this region, but he will be among the black bass, the pickerel, muscalunge, and striped bass, in the greatest abundance, and ready to answer promptly any reasonable demand which he may make upon them.

Conversely when supply exceeds demand the price tends to fall.

Again the leaders of the crowd repeated, in slightly altered form, the demands originally formulated by Fischhof.

It was concluded that I and some others should meet them in the King's behalf; but the Admiral refused to go himself, because he presumed they would not consent to grant all our demands.

Justiniani demanded to be supplied with some additional guns for the defence of the great breach, but Notaras, who had the official control over the artillery, peremptorily refused the demand.

He had been extremely good to his men, and in settling with them on his return from the Alaska Peninsula had good-naturedly paid the excessive demands they made.

But an advance in price will diminish the demand; and a reduced demand will send the price down again.

Too late to calm the inflamed temper of the Italian people the Italian leaders at Paris had no alternative but to press their demands with greater vigor since the failure to obtain Fiume meant almost inevitable disaster to the Orlando Ministry.

Would not the proper course be non-co-operation with the Supreme Council of the Allies, including Great Britain, if it be found that the latter has failed properly to support the demand of the Indian Government and people?

Barron politely received him in his cabin, when the lieutenant presented a demand from the commander of the Leopard that the bearer be allowed to muster the crew of the Chesapeake, that he might select and carry away the deserters.

" "But I don't intend to wait till he comes; can't you send the demands to a lawyer where he is?" "Certainly, if you wish it; but that course will necessarily be attended with some expense.

The coming of the Renaissance opened avenues of learning outside of the church, interested men in manifold questions relating to this world, caused a demand for scientific investigation and proof, and made increasing numbers seek for joy in this life as well as in that to come.

The Conservatives accepted this democratic demand as an ally of their conservative clinging to the "good old laws."

With peace must come a continuous demand for all the produce of the South,for cotton, tobacco, timber, and naval stores,in exchange for which the negro would require at least threefold the amount of boots, shoes, clothing, and utensils which he at present consumes.

They constitute a classification of the various ways in which the demand and supply of one thing can affect the demand and supply of others; a classification which is exhaustive when we add the relation of derived demand, and an analogous relation on the supply side which we must now notice. §8.

Now, according to another tradition directly opposed to these statements, the Gauls sent to Rome to demand the surrender of those ambassadors: as the senate was hesitating and left the decision to the people, the latter not only rejected the demand, but appointed the same ambassadors to the office of military tribunes, whereupon the Gauls with all their forces at once marched toward Rome.

As the theory of bodily freedom demands for each man life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, so the highest theory of to-day lays down demands of economic freedom beyond the mere fad of possible existence.

298 Verbs to Use for the Word  demands