"demand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- With the 1860 election of Republicans under Abraham Lincoln, who vowed to prevent slavery's expansion, the voters demanded secession.
- At this stage, none of the major Soviet nationalities, in particular the Ukrainians, are demanding secession.
- By 1967, many Igbos had lost faith in Nigerian nationalism and in May of that year, Igbo separatists formed the Republic of Biafra that demanded secession from Nigeria.
- This followed a march earlier in the month by a few thousands Basques demonstrating to demand secession, including some scattered supporters of ETA.
- When it became obvious in 1990 that Yugoslavia was about to fall, over 2,000 ethnic Albanians marched through Tetovo demanding secession from the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and unity with Albania.
- Up the street from the mellow brick courthouse is the white-columned mansion where Jefferson Davis had his last cabinet meeting; nearby, one of the first rallies demanding secession was held in 1860.
- The representatives of national groups increasingly demanded the right of autonomy, of self-government, if not outright secession.
- This did not, as we shall see, amount to tolerating real nationalists, those who demanded secession.
- Significant elements of the country have demanded secession since almost the beginning, starting with New England in 1803, because of the Louisiana Purchase, followed by a larger one in 1815 from the same region.
- We demand secession, Mr. Vice President.
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