Sentence examples for faced severe pressure from inspiring English sources

It emerged last night that police were called in provide support to London Ambulance Service, which faced "severe pressure" because of the dispute, with 42% of its staff on strike.

He faced severe pressure even before Tunisia's turmoil, with tribal unrest in the north, separatism in the south and al-Qaeda in the east and elsewhere.In the past week or so he has faced unprecedented street protests in Sana'a, his capital, organised by a loose alliance of internet-linked students, Islamists and others, known as the Joint Meeting Parties.

Later in the operation Jevđević requested, through the Italians, the assistance of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen in defending Nevesinje, which faced severe pressure from Partisan forces that had broken through the Chetnik lines at the Battle of the Neretva River.

He will face severe pressure to provide specific details of his plan to shore up the euro zone's weaker members by buying their bonds.

But as Greece and others are finding out, they will all face severe pressure from the markets to bring their deficits under control.

No 10 illustrated its claim that Isis was facing severe pressure by saying that RAF aircraft had taken part in 11 airstrikes against Isis targets in Syria since parliament approved the extension of the military operation from Iraq.

Four years ago, Terra Firma bought Four Seasons care homes – a business in an industry facing severe pressure – while the longest running investment, dating back to 1996, is Annington, which leases more than 40,000 homes to the Ministry of Defence.

There are important welfare consequences associated with household debt; in particular, low income households may face severe pressure to meet commitments in an environment with high unemployment and low income growth.

Contrast this to the Main Street banks facing severe pressures from the big banks.

Goldman was facing severe pressures the week after Lehman's failure, and had an A.I.G. bankruptcy triggered a global run on the financial system, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner all feared, Goldman would surely have failed.

But they also point out that media freedom is also facing severe pressures across the world, with 62 journalists having been killed last year as a result of their work.