Sentence examples for failed to pressure from inspiring English sources

Except in isolated cases, it has failed to pressure the quarterback.

Similarly, the Bush administration failed to pressure Musharraf to accept Bhutto family demands for F.B.I. involvement in the investigation of the attempted assassination of Bhutto on Oct. 18.

But it has been powerless as bank insolvencies mount, and it has failed to pressure governments to lower their budget deficits and implement economic reforms.

Mr. Rivera said he was determined to emerge victorious in this dispute, recalling a 55-day strike in 1965 that failed to pressure the hospital to recognize a union at Lawrence.

Mr. Correa said on Monday that it was media companies that had historically influenced judges in Ecuador and that they had tried and failed to pressure the judges to take their side in this case.

On a conference call Tuesday night, Ryan alluded to the number of close games the Jets lost, including several in which they failed to pressure the quarterback in the fourth quarter.

Damian Collins, the Conservative MP and Fifa reform campaigner, has warned that big-name sponsors of the World Cup will have "blood on their hands" if they fail to pressure the 2022 host country, Qatar, to improve conditions for migrant workers.

We may fail to pressure the president and congress to do their jobs and seek justice for the prisoners we abused, but that is still no reason not to try.

The Quartet has failed to put pressure on Israel to abide by its obligations under international law and the peace agreements.

Brive failed to convert pressure into points and were punished further, with MacLeod knocking over his third penalty after more indiscipline from Brive at a set piece.

She was broken five times, won only 27 percent of her second-serve points and failed to apply pressure down the stretch that might have made Kvitova consider the implications of winning her first Grand Slam title.