Sentence examples for could have pressured from inspiring English sources

In any future negotiations, the United States could have pressured Russia by threatening to send Ukraine lethal weaponry.

Before the law was passed, the I.O.C. could have pressured Russian officials, saying it would not support the Sochi Games under such conditions.

With his No. 1 goaltender, Mike Dunham, nursing a hip injury, Rangers Coach Glen Sather could have pressured the backup Jussi Markkanen to play Thursday night against Colorado.

The president could have pressured Reid to introduce the complete bill, but he didn't.

For example, the United States could have pressured Russia to make good on its 2013 promise to rid Syria of chemical weapons by imposing additional sanctions on Moscow or by threatening to target any future military strikes against suspected chemical weapons facilities rather than at empty airplane hangars.

It is not conceivable that Britain could have been pressured to vote a second time (as Ireland was over Lisbon) until it gave the right answer.

Viviana Fein, a prosecutor charged with investigating Nisman's death, left open the possibility that he could have been pressured into suicide — if, say, his daughters were being threatened.

He could have added pressure on public services, which is inevitable.

Telephone companies that offer mobile service, Mr. Ahmad said, "could have exerted pressure on Nokia's pricing".

Comments from other E.U. leaders suggested Britain could have faced pressures from its European partners to help.

Diana Fortuna, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, said Mr. Bloomberg could have increased pressures for union concessions if he had presented a detailed case why unions should accept givebacks, like a longer workday.