Sentence examples for drop demands from inspiring English sources

Ms. Pelosi agreed to drop demands to expand unemployment benefits and food stamps.

His role was to press the rebels to drop demands concerning their security that Mr. Pastrana had rejected.

Over the summer, the officials compensated the parents if they signed individual papers agreeing to drop demands for investigations into shoddy school construction.

The vote was essentially a test of public confidence in President Milo Djukanovic, who agreed under heavy pressure from the European Union to drop demands for outright independence for the next three years.

Ivory Coast's main rebel faction has agreed to drop demands for two important posts in a coalition government in a compromise to break the deadlock over a stalled peace agreement, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal said today.

Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, a young religious leader and political leader, wants militants to "take a back seat" but "remain a pressure group".Privately, some Hurriyat members indicate that they would drop demands for independence or a Pakistan takeover if some form of autonomy were offered by Delhi, perhaps implemented in stages over several years.

Rebels drop demand for separate state.

In 1988 tribal dissidents ceased hostilities and dropped demands for autonomy in return for increased participation in state government.

Earlier this week, Mr. Lee dropped demands that the North apologize for the Cheonan's sinking as a precondition of talks.

Within a few days, Mr. Kaczynski agreed to a plan for adopting the euro by 2012, and quietly dropped demands for a vote.

The rulings by a joint civilian-military tribunal came after prosecutors dropped demands for the death penalty, saying the defendants had only been following orders.