"exerts pressure" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to apply force or influence on something or someone. Example: The government exerts pressure on large corporations to reduce their carbon emissions in order to combat climate change.
Ashley-Cooper cuts inside and exerts pressure on the England defence who concede a penalty.
This dynamic exerts pressure on more conventional politicians to embody more aspects of the populist style.
It also exerts pressure on European institutions to provide clear rules and legislation to protect these children.
"The 3percentt number exerts pressure on governments," said Thomas Mayer, the chief European economist at Deutsche Bank.
The slightest pull on the bit rein exerts pressure on the mouth.
So dependent on Moscow's goodwill has it become that the Economist speculated that it "now exerts pressure on the British government to pursue a Russia-friendly policy".
The beer inside a bottle is carbonated, which means it exerts pressure on the glass, making it more likely to shatter when hitting something.
Indeed, when blood pools beneath the skull, it exerts pressure on the brain because the skull is a box, and the enclosed brain has to give.
This is that a short life exerts pressure to mature early, and thus switch resources from growth to reproduction.
Although by law the mayor has no official role in the annual rent increase decisions, tenant leaders say the Giuliani administration exerts pressure on the board it appoints.
The channeling of "industrial sewage into domestic wastewater networks and natural streams exerts pressure on existing wastewater treatment infrastructure," the report said.
