Sentence examples for has long pressured from inspiring English sources

Washington has long pressured Beijing to reduce its surplus and promised to tackle its own deficit.

Starr International, a company run by Mr. Greenberg, filed the case in late 2011 in federal courts in Washington and New York and has long pressured the company to join.

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who has long pressured the Colombian military to curb abuses, called for a "top-to-bottom review" of a drug-focused policy, which he said had failed.

The television company now receives about 13percentt of its funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and federal grants, according to PBS representatives, who said that Congress has long pressured the company to be more entrepreneurial in finding additional sources of funding.

"We're very pleased that EPA is doing this study," says Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which has long pressured Congress for federal regulation of fracking.

The United States has long pressured Pakistan to attack the Haqqanis in North Waziristan, but the military says its forces are overstretched.

Officials have long pressured national coaches to select or field certain players.

Investors and analysts have long pressured the bank to consider ways to lift its stock price, including splitting the company or selling pieces.

Anti-chief factions contend that wealthy alumni have long pressured Illinois governors to maintain the mascot, and they say that governors, through channels, have pressured their appointees on the university's board.

In order to stem demand in the US and other markets, IFAW and other groups have long pressured online auction and classified sites to ban the sale of wildlife goods that could be illegal, with some success.

Animal advocates, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), have long pressured SeaWorld to free its whales and dolphins, a group collectively known as cetaceans.