Sentence examples for demands to end from inspiring English sources

She is right in refusing Republican demands to end the half of the sequester that cuts $500 billion from defense over a decade, the only leverage Democrats have in preventing much bigger and more painful domestic cuts.

"Our brothers and sisters in Libya are losing blood and money and time as well," he added, but then laid the blame on the refusal of Colonel Qaddafi and his aides to respond to international demands to end the violence.

"The main issue, which is the security forces, was not mentioned," she added, nor were demands to end of the practice of life-long presidency established by Mr. Assad's father that many fear he intends to fulfill himself.

Increasingly caught between demands to end deficit spending and the push to invest federal dollars to create jobs, Democrats were trying, so far unsuccessfully, to find a balance that could attract at least 60 votes to advance the bill.

A petition published in January included demands to end martial law and institute freedom of expression, a free press, democratic elections, an independent judiciary, a free economy and an end to the sham of government-sponsored opposition political parties.

A two-hour meeting here today between the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, and the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, ended with Mr. Mubarak's conspicuously avoiding any public appeal for Mr. Arafat to bow to Israeli demands to end Palestinian violence.

The union dropped its demand to end the reduced starting salary.

The looming cuts were required by the deal that Republicans demanded to end the phony debt ceiling crisis.

Major bargaining issues include the teachers' demand for a double-digit raise and the city's demand to end tenure.

This spring, for example, it caved in to their demand to end the "two-tier" workforce in local-government services provided by private companies.

Although a national outcry against further austerity measures does exist, it is coupled by an equally vehement demand to end past practices.