Sentence examples for intent on pressuring from inspiring English sources

The Steelers say their first goal is always to stop the run, but they are also intent on pressuring quarterback Tom Brady.

A14 Bush's Social Security Tour The White House said that President Bush would begin traveling next week to build support for his plan to overhaul Social Security, and his itinerary suggested that he was intent on pressuring a few Democratic senators to back his approach.

In the meantime, Tsipras is intent on pressuring the Eurozone countries in the court of public opinion.

Both seem intent on not pressuring him into coming back too soon.

The top men, led by Roger Federer, remain intent on applying pressure on the Grand Slam tournaments over prize money next year, beginning with the Australian Open in January.

Richard W. Hurd, a labor relations professor at Cornell, said the organizations backing the fast-food campaign seemed intent on finding pressure points to push the restaurants to improve wages and benefits.

The Department of Justice certainly appears intent on applying pressure on Congress via multiple cases in the courts — pressing the question of where the line should be drawn on extraterritoriality applications to access stored data.

Nonetheless, the players sound intent on increasing the pressure, and the French Open, which begins in May, is the next Grand Slam event on the calendar.

The sparse turnout outside City Hall had to be discouraging Thursday for a phalanx of government leaders intent on bringing public pressure to bear on the nation's wavering lawmakers to enact gun controls.

Neither team had time to stop and wonder why the stars were not shining, for each was intent on applying a pressure defense, and unlocking the 1-1 tie for the season.

When local party apparatchiks, intent on promoting Khrushchevian reforms, pressure her to recant, she refuses and is stripped of her party membership.