Sentence examples for affirmative pressure from inspiring English sources

For a full evaluation of peer reviews or different combinations of interventions involving self-assessment, peer review and affirmative pressure for action and follow-ups, future studies also need to take into account the peer reviewers themselves and the potential transfer effect to their own units.

And the Supreme Court may soon further restrict race-based affirmative action, putting pressure on colleges to try a class-based version instead.

But he rapidly retracted his criticisms of affirmative action under pressure from black groups, and he takes the Massachusetts line on gun control and the death penalty (he is for the first and against the second).Mr Kerry's other big problem is his personality.

If ERC started favoring women now, it might come under pressure to take affirmative action for lagging nations as well and that is about the last thing it wants to do.

In its brief to the Supreme Court, the Bush administration should say willingly what Mr. Lott said under pressure -- that it sees carefully drawn affirmative action programs as the best way of opening up opportunity to all Americans.

They point to his puny climbdowns before liberal pressure groups particularly his rapid retractions of criticisms of affirmative action to appease the teachers' unions.

[I] said, "Look, can you please put pressure on the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to take affirmative action?" Well, it didn't happen.

Hypertension was defined by affirmative answer to the question "Do you have high blood pressure?" Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and classified in four groups (underweight <20, normal 20 24.9, overweight ≥ 25 29.9 and obesity ≥ 30 kg/m).

"If affirmative action is ended, inevitable political, economic and legal forces will pressure the great public universities to lower admission standards as far as necessary to avoid resegregation," wrote Douglas Laycock, Samuel Issacharoff and Charles Alan Wright.

If the response from these nation's leaders is affirmative, then there is reason to believe that stronger sanctions may pressure Iran to make a better deal as envisioned by Mr. Netanyahu and Republican members of Congress.

Alcohol screening was defined as an affirmative answer to the question, "Today, did the nurse who took your blood pressure ask you about your alcohol use?" Alcohol intervention was defined as an affirmative answer to the question, "Today, did the doctor discuss cutting down or stopping your alcohol use?" Similarly worded questions were used to define tobacco use and intervention.