The phrase "a demand was made" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is stating that a request or requirement was formally expressed or put forth.
Example: "After the meeting, a demand was made for a detailed report on the project's progress."
Alternatives: "a request was issued" or "a requirement was stated."
An arrest was made, and the crowd, having gathered again, surrounded the police station, and a demand was made for the release of the prisoner.
Mr. Anand, who refutes that such a demand was made, said that there was no basis for getting the case transferred at that time because it was possible to execute a fair trial in Delhi.
In August 1321, a demand was made to the king that Hugh Despenser and his father, Hugh Despenser the elder, be sent into exile.
A demand was made for separate youth friendly services through medical practitioners.
In other words, they were mere promises to pay in gold or silver at the issuing bank, if such a demand were made.
He also emphasized that the plan would have to include more relief for homeowners and distressed communities, a demand being made by Democrats in Congress.
The obvious answer would be for a ransom payment but there has been no suggestion of such a demand being made.
Adams suggests, with some plausibility, that the notion of obligation is ineliminably social, that it must involve a relationship between persons, a relationship in which a demand is made (Adams 1987b, p. 264; also Adams 1999, pp. 245 246; for a nontheistic view defending a similar position, see Darwall 2006).
A ransom demand was made, but thanks to the escape of a third victim who notified the authorities, Dallas police rescued the pair, finding them bound behind a house.
A ransom demand was made to the FA chairman, Joe Mears, but despite a man being convicted of "being concerned in a larceny after the fact" and "demanding money with menaces", there was no evidence linking him to the raid in Westminster, and the identity of the thieves – just as in Rio in 1983 – never came to light.
There was a discussion in the Senate on the misconduct of the freedmen class, and a strong demand was made that patrons should have the right of revoking freedom.
