Sentence examples for outlandish demand from inspiring English sources

I noted that telephones have been a fairly straightforward technology for more than a hundred years, and that making a firm decision to have one wasn't an outlandish demand.

One small group of activists has gained international press attention for promoting the strongest (and most outlandish) demand: The group wants the U.S. government to seize all of BP's assets and use them to pay back the damages from the oil spill.

Maybe the most obvious example is the magnate-cum-candidate's call to deport 11 million immigrants, the political equivalent of making an outlandish demand in a business proposal that one doesn't really expect to be met.

Pooh-poohing outlandish demands would look patronising and unambitious.

Don't treat it as an opportunity to make outlandish demands.

Urban myths abound of outlandish demands, but the reality is, these suited-and-booted troubleshooters can make magic happen.

Zane Lowe was less an interrogator than a hostage negotiator trying to process a series of outlandish demands while maintaining at least a veneer of normality.

I pretended to be a Dalek's publicist Or, rather, I was paid to lie in the name of social commentary (to ring up restaurants pretending to be a celebrity publicist and make outlandish demands for my clients).

But the chance for the Griscom-Baker breakup to become one of those five-course New York divorce-a-thons -- years of turmoil marked by tabloid battles, a conga line of lawyers and outlandish demands for pet care -- seems to have passed safely.

Third, this represented the standard Trump negotiation approach of making outlandish demands and waiting for the other side to deliver a fraction of what was demanded.

You have the right to say, 'Yes but,' and even 'No,' to outlandish demands.