Sentence examples for demanding goods from inspiring English sources

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Consumers are demanding goods bursting with local provenance.

Migrants also create a 'preference channel' by demanding goods from the home country (Combes et al. 2005).

By borrowing the grammatical meaning of declaratives (i.e., giving information), the above clauses were, in effect, an indirect way to realise commands (i.e., demanding goods and services).

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"They give you speed without demanding good form".

Another Hamas lawmaker in Gaza went further, demanding "good-will steps" from Mr. Abbas to prove that he is serious about going to Gaza.

The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and other unions keep demanding "Good jobs now!" Progressive think tanks like the Economic Policy Institute carefully monitor employment trends.

In [1] Saul initiates the exchange by using a volitive clause in order to suggest that they return home, thus demanding goods-&-services from the servant.

Turning now to look 'around' at the stratum of semantics: here the question is what resources are around for demanding goods-&-services, i.e., for choosing, as a response to the secretary's question on the floor, some appropriate pattern from the family of messages that consist of 'getting someone to do something' (Hasan, [2009b]; [2009b].

Shopkeepers say the police used to demand goods for just half the price.

Despite their structural form, these clauses in fact demanded goods and services.

Likewise, imperatives were not only used to demand goods and services.

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