Sentence examples for stiff demands from inspiring English sources
Comply Or Die, age 10, weight 11-6 Cruised to victory in last year's race, appearing to relish the stiff demands of the course.
In the end, the argument comes down to a matter of elementary economics: when a working stiff demands a pay raise, it causes inflation and threatens the nation's prosperity; when a C.E.O.
A report published on February 1st estimates that Africa loses more than $60 billion a year in illicit financial outflows though most of this is misinvoicing and deliberately mispriced intra-group transfers by multinationals, rather than individual evasion.And though FATCA makes stiff demands of foreign banks, America is being slower to agree to send reciprocal data elsewhere.
Less than 72 hours before Saddam Hussein is required to declare any weapons of mass destruction he holds, the Bush administration set stiff demands today, saying at the White House and the Pentagon that Iraq must physically take inspectors to the weapons and make available all the people who developed and worked on them.
Frustrated by the stiff demands from the IMF to introduce liberal reforms before providing much needed financial aid, the Angola government turned to China in a $2 billion oil-backed loan.
— Sam Sifton Sunset Magazine: Kebabs are in stiff demand at the Diners Journal bureau in Brooklyn.
"Competition has been very stiff, demand has been very high, and supply has been reduced," said Judy Calogero, the deputy commissioner for community development at the state housing agency.
The automaker could up suffering from too much of a good thing, though, as its rebound, at a time when Detroit's other automakers are still regaining their footing after emerging from bankruptcy, could lead to stiffer demands from the UAW.
Alcibiades realized this and, by presenting the Athenians with stiffer and stiffer demands on Tissaphernes's behalf, attempted to convince them that he had persuaded Tissaphernes to support them, but that they had not conceded enough to him.
As a condition for joining Mr. Sharon's coalition, it has made stiff political demands like the formal scrapping of the Oslo accords with the Palestinians, and it could ultimately favor early elections.
If the company can't stop the flow of unlocked iPhones into a country like China, what's the incentive for a Chinese carrier to pay the stiff premium Apple demands for the right to be that country's exclusive carrier?
