Sentence examples for amount to demand from inspiring English sources

Unions were swift to attack the plans, dismissing it as "a pathetically small amount" to demand from the banks.

Unions were swift to attack the tax, dismissing it as "a pathetically small amount" to demand from the banks, and said the City would be "cracking open the champagne".

As Ryan Avent says, it would amount to demanding a squeeze that pushes down nominal wages.

If the Ace curriculum does not meet the required standards, ensuring that would amount to demanding that much of it is rewritten.

For as I said at the beginning, Republicans have been demanding that the Fed stop trying to bring down interest rates and that federal spending be slashed immediately — which amounts to demanding that we emulate Europe's failure.

And yet I, Debby, was never offered more than half a drawer, and even that humiliating amount I had to demand.

An article in Business Day yesterday about Verizon's stock price, which has been trading below that of its peers, misstated the amount that Vodafone is likely to demand for its 45percentt stake in Verizon Wireless.

But bankers say the increased jitters in Italy are leading investment banks to demand higher amounts of collateral and cash to back up their loans to Italian counterparties.

There is no business case for companies to demand excessive amounts for old debts incurred during nationalisations carried out decades ago under previous administrations.

The US government is entitled to demand compensation amounting to $1,100 for each barrel spilled, and if gross negligence is shown in court, BP and associated companies could be liable for up to $4,300 a barrel.

If a court granted preliminary approval for a case to proceed, lawyers representing this "class" would be able to demand vast amounts of internal information to see whether managers had ever spoken misleadingly about the factors affecting the share price.