At city and county libraries, officials cannot keep up with the demand for materials in Spanish.

Demand for materials and energy can be cut substantially by means of using nanotechnologies.

The mine, with the associated influx of workers, and the demand for materials, must have injected a deal of money into the local economy.

He has also invested in natural resources companies, expecting heavy demand for materials as manufacturing grows in China.

"Many commodities have climbed since last summer because of expectations that improving national economies will boost demand for materials.

Such coatings have numerous applications, as there is a continually increasing demand for materials that will keep people safe and healthy.

Nevertheless, population growth and the ensuing demand for materials, energy and waste-disposal capacity cannot be disregarded as a key environmental policy issue.

This matched well with an increased demand for materials to support music education in British schools, a result of governmental reforms of education during the 1930s.

The advent of Encoded Archival Description, along with increasing demand for materials to be made available online, has required archivists to become more tech-savvy in the past decade.

A very important function appears to be the discussion and rationalisation of conflicting demands for materials made upon local councils and the drawing up of agreed minimum lists of equipment.

Only a few miners struck it rich, but the resulting demand for materials and supplies helped establish regional transportation networks, encouraged supporting industries, and hastened the exploration and settlement of the entire region.

When World War I broke out on 4 August 1914, No. 9r was nearly ready for erection, and her construction commenced despite demand for materials and manpower for the war effort.

So great was the demand for materials and equipment that parts of the old French Maginot Line and Germany's frontier fortifications (the Siegfried Line) were cannibalized for the Atlantic Wall.

Substitution of new materials for existing ones, increased recycling or simply reduced demand for materials due to technical innovations could all make a nonsense of predictions that the world may run short of key metals.

John Katzman, president and founder of the company, said any standardized test is "coachable" and predicted heavy demand for materials related to this one, especially if the prognostications are correct that many students will not perform up to grade level.

Educational organizations are responding to school district demands for materials to help teachers and principals work with parents from poor backgrounds, and Federal as well as state legislators are drafting bills mandating that schools offer assistance to parents who want to become involved.