Sentence examples for pressed for something from inspiring English sources

A few days later Joschka Fischer, Germany's foreign minister, pressed for something called "full parliamentarisation as a European Federation" (see article).

Standing alongside Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, and the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, Mr. Wen pressed for something to be done quickly.

However, the bishops' committee avoided any direct criticism of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia — even though some had pressed for something more hard-hitting, said some church officials who did not want to be named because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

But he was the first one to be injured seriously enough to press for something to be done.

But the second America is right to press for something more from Muslim Americans — particularly from figures like Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the mosque — than simple protestations of good faith.

And so while it is important that the AEA and other economic associations take steps to address conflicts of interest among their members—and while publications like the Economist should as a matter of course begin to demand full disclosure from those economists who appear in its pages and on its blogs economists and non-economists alike should press for something much more ambitious.

Instead of using their leverage to press for something like the Responsible Estate Tax Act, they're allowing Lincoln and Baucus to dominate the stage.

"I'm not naive on that point, but what's the alternative to trying to press for something different here?" Sarbanes asked.

For years it has pressed for voting rights, something Barack Obama pledged to support when he was running for president.

Having pressed for sanctions, America needed something to show for its efforts.

The United States has pressed for tighter sanctions against Iran, something China has resisted.