Sentence examples for press for aid from inspiring English sources

Photo: Roland R. Scott, of Philadelphia, helped Laura Pinnie, of West Chester, Pa., to a higher spot for a better view as Stevie Wonder performed yesterday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of 10 Live 8 concerts held around the world to press for aid to fight poverty in Africa.

Jaguar Land Rover, which employs 15,000 in Britain, is owned by Tata Motor of India, which has pressed for aid since November, saying the situation was a "national emergency requiring urgent action".

A11 Africans Press Bush for Aid The leaders of five African nations confronted President Bush about what they said was the slow pace at which the United States is releasing aid to poor nations, and got a pledge from Mr. Bush to speed things up.

Many developing countries also embraced the change as an opportunity to press for more aid from rich nations.

The governor has not been to the nation's capital to lobby the federal government in more than four years, since a visit in 2012 to press for disaster aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

The planned trip by Mr. Cuomo, who has avoided travel to the nation's capital since taking office almost two years ago, may help ease the concern of New York officials who have privately said he should visit Washington as soon as possible to press the case for aid before Congress adjourns in the next few weeks.

On Friday, he met government leaders in the capital of Naypyidaw, where he pressed for more aid and a streamlined logistical support system.

The battle is to press for more effective aid, not cut it altogether.

She and other New York lawmakers said they would press for more federal aid.

New York officials went to Washington to meet with the New York congressional delegation to press for more federal aid.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in India to press for more military aid, ahead of the withdrawal of Nato-led forces from Afghanistan in 2014.