Sentence examples for forced under pressure from inspiring English sources

Returning to France in 1427, Bedford had continual success until he was forced, under pressure from a French army led by Joan of Arc, to raise his siege of Orléans in April 1429.

Stone aggregate, to a depth of 23 feet, was then deposited between these walls and consolidated into a concrete floor by a process of grouting in which colloidal cement grout was forced under pressure between the interstices of the aggregate, subsequently setting to form the whole into concrete.

Jeffrey Greenberg Marsh & McLennan chief forced under pressure to resign; no charges filed, 2004.

More and more transport firms, however, are forced, under pressure from their customers, to adopt information and communication technologies and to include informational service operations.

A shoulder injury to Michael Witt has forced under-pressure Saints coach Steve Price to elevate recruit Sam Williams to the No 7 jersey.

Then they are fired through 'hydro-guns', forced under high-pressure water through metal pipes.

The company is the 26th travel firm to go bust in less than a year, forced under by the twin pressures of rising fuel costs and tough financial markets.

For several months until this week, with American forces under pressure across the Sunni areas north, south and west of Baghdad and with Shiite areas enduring a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks aimed at worshipers in mosques, police stations and other military and civilian targets, American commanders here insisted that troop strengths were adequate.

The Met is apparently a force under pressure—"facing daily criticism for a service stretched too thin," in the words of the narrator.

The organization was forced, under public pressure, to reverse that decision and commit all the money to Sept. 11 relief, including a program to provide longer-term mental and physical health services.

Much of the milk sold as a beverage has undergone homogenization, a process in which the milk is forced under high pressure through small openings to distribute the fat evenly throughout the milk.