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‘Persons may have demands.’

[⟨det (plur person.n)⟩ have.v ⟨det (plur demand.n)⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The thing that I try to do is to point out what the implications might be if we were to accede to every one of their demands, because make no mistake, demands they are.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir’s main city on Monday to press their demands that India give up its claim to the region.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They have three demands:’ Out Now,’ full benefits for returning vets, and reparations for Iraq.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I can *n’t believe so much of the convention is going to be dominated by the Clintons and all of their demands, roll calls, resolutions, etc.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His approach for a movement is stated summarily: “Short term, we raise social costs until elites agree to implement our demands or end policies we oppose.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I just want to ask if parliament members are not able to assess their work during the last two years and a half what about the demands of the people who are waiting for them?
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In the British National Corpus:

The army commanders demanded clothing, provisions, horses and other items from the city and to ensure that their demands were met they took two of the city’s Magistrates as hostages.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We the people must now set our demands to ensure and promote the public good.
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In Wikipedia:

One of its leaders, Anvar Artykov, announced: “We will keep this authority until all of our demands and problems will be resolved.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Forget oil, water is the most precious of our resources and our demands are growing exponentially.
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In Wikipedia:

Toward the perpetrators, however, he was as tender as a lamb and there was no limit to his base submission to all their demands, even if their purpose was to wipe us out totally.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Fresno Unified School District responded to their demands immediately by closing the ten classrooms, placing the children in ten portable trailers on the other side of the campus at a monthly cost of $ 695 per trailer, and closing off an area of the playground that was nearest the power lines.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

AP – Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir’s main city on Monday to press their demands that India give up its claim to the region.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have five demands: 1 THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE MAYOR OF MONTREAL – NORTH, Mr. MARCEL PARENT, who has stated that “Everything is going well in Montreal – North, there is no problem here.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

About 1,000 of the demonstrators formed a human chain around five key protest leaders from the People’s Alliance for Democracy to prevent their arrest while pressing their demands that the seven – month – old elected government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej step down. 1 / 2 Brothers, please come and surround our leaders to prevent the police from getting them,? 1 / 2 protest leader..
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have many demands on our resources, depending on our callings in life, and including the needs of family and often other worthy service to the poor and dispossessed in the world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Over at rockpapershotgun, they have some demands.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Bloomberg: “If the People’s Alliance continues to occupy Government House and maintains their demands, it’s just a matter of time before a new conflict arises,’ ’ said Somchai Jitsuchon, research director at the Thailand Development Research Institute.
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Queried on 2013-05-22.