Sentence examples for demanding against from inspiring English sources

The 15% discount to net asset value is demanding against say Hammerson on 23% discount; we can only assume this reflects vague bid hopes after Simon's fly by 11 months ago, and its recent bond issue.

"We felt that beating France by 16 points was doable," Lancaster said, "but when we were at the ground, we saw Ireland extending that target by 10 and that was always going to be demanding against a side as good as France: just beating them is a big task.

Going back even further into history prior to Copenhagen, there was the U.S. role in demanding (against the will of many other countries at the time) that the main approach to reducing greenhouse gases be a market-based approach: carbon trade, which has subsequently and predictably, entirely failed.

Both said they balanced shareholder and Congressional demands against market realities.

So they demanded, against our advice, that we use a similar but 'classier' direct marketing campaign, again with their beloved vouchers.

Let's see how they cope when they are expected to put in a big performance at Twickenham and deliver the win that the England fans demand against a fierce rival in rampant form.

Courtney Powell is the CEO and co-founder of PublikDemand, a social crowd-based platform where individuals can initiate and/or join campaigns (or "demands") against Fortune 1000 companies.

They trooped to City Hall, demanding action against landlords who burned their buildings for the insurance money.

Later, 600,000 Nepalese signed a petition to King Birendra demanding action against the prince, but Paras was never touched.

Borrowers are now demanding protection against credit downgrades.

A demagogic campaign demanding war against assorted enemies might be the preferred means to rouse the population.