Sentence examples for preparing to press from inspiring English sources

Still, many retailers and restaurateurs were preparing to press Visa and MasterCard for better transaction rates so they would not need to pass costs on to customers — or absorb them.

Mr. Romney's campaign aides were preparing to press Mr. Gingrich particularly hard on his consultant work for Freddie Mac, which came in the middle of the housing crisis that ravaged Florida's real estate market.

But at the same time, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, said that the stability of the euro was at stake and was preparing to press for quick passage of the bailout in the German Parliament.

J. P. Morgan Chase was another firm that delayed laying off people over the last two weeks, but was preparing to press ahead this week, according to a person close to the firm.

The move comes as David Cameron and the chancellor, George Osborne, are preparing to press ahead with drastic changes to family tax credits, despite widespread concern about the impact on families.

The book notes that the St . Louisaffair unfolded against a backdrop of intense isolationist and anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States while Roosevelt was preparing to press Congress to allow the sale of weapons to nations victimized by German aggression.

Mr. Obama must be prepared to press Mr. Medvedev hard on all of these issues.

But there was little sign that the administration was prepared to press Israel to take more such steps.

But ultimately, they will need to be prepared to press the button and push up the cost of borrowing.

— Nick Fox Crain's New York Business: Farmers try to take advantage as the city's education department prepares to press food vendors to provide more local food.

Comments from the prime minister, Li Keqiang, at a meeting in southern China on Tuesday reinforced the view that Beijing appeared prepared to press ahead with its economic overhaul.