Sentence examples for outright demands from inspiring English sources

But the ministers issued a carefully worded statement, which stopped short of making outright demands, in the hope of strengthening the hand of moderate elements in Hamas.

Three weeks ago one and a half million Catalans went on the streets, with outright demands for independence much higher in the mix than ever.

Most easterners strongly oppose the idea of friendly foreign troops on the ground, but pleas for air raids against Colonel Qaddafi's base in Tripoli and for a no-fly zone imposed by the West have become a lot louder.Britain and France are tilting towards an outright demand in the UN Security Council for a no-fly zone, but the Americans are still hesitant and the Russians against.

Finally, the old WASP elite was replaced in the class structure by a media, university, and intellectual meritocracy that either rejected Christianity outright or demanded that it accommodate the new post-1960s liberalism.

The outright abolition demanded by a section of its support has never been feasible – legally, morally, and because it would expose too many of its leaders to the charge of hypocrisy.

But too many have either been silent or outright hostile to demands from polygamists for the same protections provided to other groups under Lawrence.

"This is a dangerous approach, it would be much better to see the countries sticking together and rejecting the US demands outright".

The minister started by rejecting the strikers' demands outright but on 3 December proposed to put the matter of suspensions on hold for a month, provided doctors went straight back to work.

Woodrow Wilson proclaimed his Fourteen Points—one of which demanded the reorganization of the Habsburg monarchy in accordance with the principles of national autonomy the Czechs demanded outright independence (January 6 , 1918.

But for the moment he no longer seems to demand outright independence for the north.

There are even some fringe organisations, like SOS Forças Armadas, demanding outright military intervention.