Sentence examples for demand exorbitant from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wrenn called the rent demand "exorbitant".

The cable company initially labeled the demand exorbitant, and said the costs would have to be passed on to customers.

Farmers and manufacturers in turn withheld their products or produce from the market, which encouraged producers and speculators to demand exorbitant prices.

Some of the companies have gained shady reputations, mainly because they often demand exorbitant fees – in some cases up to 25% of the final yield.

Despite recent price increases, spending on energy still accounts for a smaller share of the global economy than it did a few decades ago.For all these reasons, homeowners, as Lord Stern pointed out in his climate-change report, tend to demand exorbitant rates of return on investments in energy efficiency of around 30%.

"Left unconstrained, owners of patents that purportedly cover certain features within the standard could take advantage of lock-in and demand exorbitant royalties from designers, knowing that it would be less costly for teh designer to pay the excessive royalty than to incur the cost of switching.

Time Warner Cable has declared the demands exorbitant.

And there was avarice: despite the promise of free land, Clarkson's successors demanded exorbitant rents.

Beijing's decision to use civilian planes was also criticised amid reports that the airlines had demanded exorbitant prices.

Some have simply refused to let the company in, but others have demanded exorbitant fees for access, the company said in a petition to state regulators.

The authorities seem to have silenced some of the freed detainees by demanding exorbitant bail or by threatening them and their families with further horrors.