absence of demand

The absence of demands to this point had surprised him.

No one asked you to pay it, but the very absence of demand was a moral obligation.

You'd just have a changed value or demand, not a complete absence of demand."

This absence of demand made it costly for him to keep producing encased postage.

For most companies, low levels of investment now are not the result of cash positions or financing capacity, but an absence of demand.

Yet in the absence of demand from big institutions and other retail investors, prices receded from their highs as the afternoon progressed.

Where do we really hope we are going with such a Euro-Mediterranean policy, with such a clear absence of demands when it comes to nations' shared rights and obligations?

The absence of demand for industrial development forced MDC to abandon its original strategy and opt instead for a tourist and leisure based strategy.

It would also have been desirable to highlight the absence of demands for democratic reforms from other countries, together with the tacit support for undemocratic development in Palestine permitted during Arafat's time.

At the root of the problem, however, are two mutually reinforcing factors: an almost total absence of demand for excellent architecture, and a flawed system of undergraduate and professional education that supplies our architects and planners.

Rumors About Japanese Besides lamenting the absence of demand from foreign investors, traders said prices were reduced yesterday by unconfirmed rumors that Japanese investors would be heavy sellers of bonds on Monday.

In the course of four decades almost half a million pounds were produced for the king by clerical taxation, and in fact its burden was all the more concentrated because of the absence of demands in the 1360s.

Given the absence of demand for new office buildings, a decision to encourage an influx of superstores is likely to do far more during the next decade to shape economic development in the city - particularly outside Manhattan - than any other City Hall policy.

The absence of demand management, the lack of metering systems, sustained losses, a culture of non-payment and the absence of incentives for the distribution companies to fix the technical problems make it urgent to design a new subsidy and rationing system that is part of a more comprehensive approach to solve the problems of the power sector.