Sentence examples for ability to demand a from inspiring English sources
In effect, the White House is avoiding a clash with Congress over specific projects while preserving the president's ability to demand a further reduction in earmarks generally.
4 There is no limit on a party's ability to demand a pre-election hearing on a range of issues, including objecting to the eligibility of the employees in the proposed unit or the scope of the unit.
He said a Labour government would ban the exploitation of zero-hours contracts and give workers on them extra legal rights, including the ability to demand a regular contract for regular hours.
The Dodgers have been trying to deal Gary Sheffield since he demanded a trade during spring training last year, and the Mets have not ruled out pursuing him -- despite Sheffield's ability to demand a trade after one season and the likelihood that he will want his contract restructured.
[Diane Feinstein's] proposal would replace the card-check provision, which would allow workers to unionize if a majority signed authorization cards and strip a company's ability to demand a secret ballot election.
Those realities have scared Republicans into believing they can't afford a shutdown, and they've given Democrats the ability to demand a number of deals that GOP lawmakers have thus far been unwilling to approve separately.
This allows an individualized review of a facility and removes a patient's ability to demand that a standardized service be provided within a particular time frame.
Preserving "privacy" (i.e., consumer control of their own data and the ability to demand fair compensation) is therefore a critical tool for competition regulators in ensuring a competitive marketplace.
Such practices undermine a consumer's ability to demand better, and that needs to be addressed.
The narrow network, if it is based on the insurers' ability to demand low prices, may be "just another short-term fix," warned Barry Schilmeister, a consultant at Mercer.
We are a generation of human beings who have the ability to demand things and get them.
