He calmly and resourcefully negotiated, winning the respect of the troops and succeeding in reducing the impact of their more unacceptable demands.

A government spokesman said that Mr Adamec's decision to quit was taken because of'unacceptable demands' from the Forum.

She made no unacceptable demands, and, more and more, Qwilleran found Polly occupying his thoughts.

Justin II reprimanded Bonus for granting protection to an embassy that had clearly unacceptable demands.

That, of course, is more difficult in international incidents, particularly those involving militant groups with radical agendas and unacceptable political demands.

One of his more unacceptable demands was that he should have the choice of director.

The Norwegian government found these demands unacceptable and incompatible with the sovereignty of Norway.

The conference proved futile, with both parties making mutually unacceptable demands.

But the Republicans have responded to every reasonable offer of compromise by the Assembly and Governor with new and predictably unacceptable demands.

The owners still believe they can strong-arm the players into accepting their unacceptable demands.