1.   Furious parents are demanding an explanation from the school.

2.   I demand an explanation for your appalling behaviour.

3.   Polly decided to force the issue by demanding an explanation.

4.   She loved him in ways that were never quite clear, but one does not demand explanations in matters of love.

5.   Something in the loch has produced some very peculiar sonar traces on some very sophisticated equipment, and that something demands explanation.

6.   Then she hurried into the hall and picked up the telephone, intent upon speaking to Ursula and demanding an explanation.

7.   This verbal testimony stems from the silent witness of a quality of life which demands an explanation.

8.   Trimble demanded an explanation from Sinn Fein.

9.   When Matilda had demanded an explanation, Isabel had given it to her, omitting nothing.