Sentence examples for bears on him from inspiring English sources

It is not only the frame-as-container that bears on him.

Donald Trump, the first US president since Richard Nixon to fire the person leading an investigation that bears on him, is certainly acting like a man with something to hide.

Eurotunnel demanded "the full force of the law" be brought to bear on him as a deterrent to others.

"You have to admire him as a man to be able to put up with the pressures brought to bear on him every day.

Dinah openly says that Howard has turned into a slob, but that she will bring pressure to bear on him to permit the sale of the property.

If his policy prescriptions at this point do not vary radically from Mr. Obama's — they both want to exit Afghanistan by 2014 — his outlook and emphasis, and the pressures that will bear on him, may push him in different directions.

Bordry sounded a triumphal note Thursday, saying Landis's decision to come clean — in e-mail messages sent to various cycling organization officials — was a result of the pressure the French authorities had brought to bear on him.

Some accounts say that Jiang put Wan under virtual house arrest, though exactly what pressure was brought to bear on him – or whether he was won over by an appeal to party discipline – remains unclear.

The big guns are already beginning to bear on him and his son, James.

He says it no matter what pressure is brought to bear on him, he sticks to his points, and his guns.

The Germans spotted his approach, but could not bring their gun to bear on him before he opened fire, killing three soldiers and capturing two others after he ran out of ammunition.