Sentence examples for largely under pressure from inspiring English sources

The truce was imposed largely under pressure from the United States, particularly in repeated phone calls from Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, as it seeks to recruit Arab nations for its campaign against terrorism.

In 1997, largely under pressure from a French Socialist government, the European Union reversed field and added provisions for expansion to existing guidelines focused on debt and deficit criteria.

Largely under pressure from the Bush administration, Germany's three major commercial banks agreed over the summer to wind down their business in Iran, an important step in isolating the country, experts say, by making it harder for its government to obtain financing.

But the last EU summit two weeks ago, largely under pressure from France but also from east Europeans, has clearly left the door open for a nuclear renaissance: a view shared by Tony Blair, who favours the construction of new-generation nuclear plants on existing facilities already connected to the grid.

Pragmatic, practical and willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, they're largely calm under pressure and refreshingly able to put others first.

However, there have been significant reforms to the judiciary, largely under EU pressure.

The Indonesian rupiah seems to have come under pressure largely because Indonesia is located near Thailand.

Britain used to have many such listed firms, but largely abandoned the practice under pressure from big investors.

Quite the opposite, in fact, as a team who were 2-0 up at half-time and largely in control crumbled under pressure from their opponents.

This is not true; the exchanges are under pressure, largely because of the uncertainties that the Republicans have introduced, but the percentage of Americans who are uninsured has fallen from sixteen per cent to nine per cent.

While the low volume of business conducted by Universal in Germany made such threats largely hollow, the State Department, under pressure from the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and the Screen Actors Guild, stepped in and the German government backed down.