Sentence examples for surprise demand from inspiring English sources
Last week the two sides seemed close to an agreement, but the latest offer from the producers included what SAG called a "surprise demand".
The airwaves in Washington and Kabul had been flooded with Mr. Karzai's surprise demand that the United States confine its troops in Afghanistan to major bases by next year — a move that could seriously disrupt American plans here.
Yet at the same time new investment is urgently needed to keep the grid reliable, and especially to make sure it can cope with new kinds of power flow from "prosumers" back to the grid, for example.To general surprise, demand is declining as power is used more efficiently.
The AMPTPs last-minute, surprise demand for a new term of agreement extending to 2012 is regressive and damaging and clearly signals the employers' unwillingness to agree to the deal they established with other entertainment unions.
There have been recurrent demands for yet more investment[ 7] and some surprise that demand has not reached a plateau.
Is it any surprise that demand alone has driven the prices of the best Austrian wines through the roof?
Part of the problem, a spokesman for the railroad said, is that the nation's economic recovery this year caught railroad managers by surprise, increasing demand for all kinds of rail freight, with coal only one competing interest among many.
Asked whether he was surprised that demand had not dropped despite the high prices, he said, "Oh, I am not surprised because there is no longer a direct relationship between the two, because the cost of energy is a smaller part of the economy compared to the 1970's".
But Handmade did hum along smoothly and was also responsible for the brief resurgence of British film activity in the 1980's, when each week brought another surprise that demanded attention, for good or ill.
Meanwhile, JP Morgan's Shope said he was surprised the demand wasn't stronger and slashed his 2008 expectations to 9.9 million from 12.2 million.
Andreas neither sounded surprised nor demanded reparations.
