1.   In fact, personal and property safety uses have prompted a rise in demand since September.

2.   Machinery and equipment investment is likely to expand due to pent-up demand since the recession and the removal in January of a turnover tax on equipment.

3.   Moscow is highly unlikely to agree to either demand since Russia and the NATO allies regard Chechnya as part of Russia.

4.   Schmiedeknecht also reported a drastic worsening in German demand since August.

5.   That is the choice facing European steel companies, after a dip in demand since the summer looks to have turned into a lasting slowdown.

6.   The book has been in high demand since its publication last month.

7.   The Communist Unified Marxist-Leninists, the main opposition party, had been making similar demands since January as the bribery scandal grew.

8.   Weak consumer demand since April squeezed sales of most Japanese retailers.

9.   With his success, good looks and playful, easy-going demeanor, Huish has been in demand since Atlanta.

10.   Government negotiators agreed to relieve the prison chief but had been discussing the other demands since Friday.