A number of reporters demanded - without success - to know who came up with it.

By high school, a growing number of teachers are demanding that papers be typed or printed out.

Since Sept. 11, growing numbers of elected officials, environmentalists and parents have demanded that the plant be closed.

Eventually the growing number of students demanded a new high school.

Nonetheless, a number of American officials demanded prompt action while the budget was still pending.

Yet the number and type of decisions demanded of us are not under our autonomous control.

Large number of sanyasis came to him and demanded food.

Well, increasing numbers of British people are demanding that we come out of it.

At about 2 a number of armed men arrived at the house and demanded to be let in.

The number two, its first polite request ignored, demanded attention more loudly.