Sentence examples for like demands from inspiring English sources

Elites do not like demands that would diminish their power and wealth, and will not implement such demands without being forced.

His avowals of love, she complains, sound like demands.

Instead, you'll be bombarded by signs that read more like demands: Instant Loans Here!

Business representatives said state laws on paid leaves were often so broad that they risked abuses like demands for paid leaves for minor health concerns.

Some were obscure -- like Chinese comments about urban planning in the New Territories part of Hong Kong -- and others were more direct, like demands that people in Hong Kong stop any attempts to subvert Communism in China.

The bank predicts inflation will stay above 2percentt for most of 2008 and warns that it could be amplified by so-called second-round effects, like demands by unions for hefty wage increases.

Demand-side resources like demand response (DR) and energy efficiency (EE) can contribute to the capacity adequacy underpinning power system reliability.

It's kind of like demanding that someone drive from Boston to New York in under two hours, with this warning: Don't break the speed limit.

The more we text and Twitter and "friend," abiding by the haiku-like demands of social networking, the less likely we are to have the habit of mind or the means of expressing ourselves in interesting and complex ways.

North Korea's rebuke of Pompeo for "gangster-like" demands on denuclearization got the headlines last week.

This week, said diva-like demands have become a feature of her hunt for a personal assistant.