Meanwhile, the demand for gold, which totaled 1,885 metric tons last year, has expanded only at a 6.1 percent increase from 1985.

"The demand for nursing home care has expanded," but planners have not kept pace.

The demands on oceans and coastlines have expanded considerably since then.

As the years passed, the demand for flights expanded and new ships were commissioned.

The students' demands soon expanded, basically challenging the whole of Gaullist society.

Now with the economy growing quickly, the high demand for rubles has expanded the money supply, spurring inflation.

Hence, demand may expand or contract and increase or decrease.

This means demand won't be expanding by very much.

And because the demands on that group have expanded suddenly in recent months, the meals have been cut back.

The demand for pediatrics and obstetrics had been expanding.