Sentence examples for escalating the pressure from inspiring English sources

"These cops have been escalating the pressure ever since two of their own were shot, allegedly by a black, and they began pouring all their resources into cracking down on us, without asking who's guilty or innocent.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to limit local property taxes won overwhelming approval from the State Senate on Monday, escalating the pressure on Democratic legislators in the Assembly who have expressed reservations about the bill.

The proposals in the House and Senate reflected the growing sentiment among Democrats that the American public was ready for an end to the war and would not punish their party for escalating the pressure on Mr. Bush to do so.

I'm a little surprised Tanvir is opening the bowling; with the number of spinners at his disposal it might have been an idea for Hafeez to open with spin at both ends and just let that required run rate climb, escalating the pressure.

The president said the National Rifle Association "willfully lied" about the bill, escalating the pressure on pro-gun lawmakers to thwart the legislation.

Prior work, underway since 2011, had sketched the outline of a potential accord; the Rana Plaza disaster massively escalated the pressure to act on it.

Iran has markedly softened its public tone toward the agency, the arm of the United Nations that monitors nuclear proliferation, as international sanctions have escalated the pressure on the country.

The ECB, however, has always been reluctant to take what would clearly be a political decision to escalate the pressure on the Greek banks, and has announced that it will continue providing funding at last week's level.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — European Union members escalated the pressure on Syria's government on Friday by banning all imports of Syrian oil in response to its violent suppression of the nearly six-month-old uprising there.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Thursday signed into law new unilateral American sanctions on Iran that go beyond the penalties imposed by the United Nations last month as he tries to escalate the pressure on Tehran to halt its nuclear enrichment program.

13 Pressure on Aristide Rises President Bush escalated the pressure on Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's president, to resign. 1 The armed men trying to seize power in Haiti are led by death-squad veterans and convicted murderers, according to American officials and human-rights groups.