Sentence examples for pressed for years from inspiring English sources

According to local officials, who have pressed for years to build a diversionary canal near Baton Rouge, much of the calamity and cost could have been avoided.

She was recruited for "Bullets" by Mr. Allen, who said in an interview that he had been pressed for years by producers to turn "Bullets" and another of his movies, "The Purple Rose of Cairo," into Broadway musicals.

Former military and intelligence officials said that Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who recently completed his tour as head of the Joint Special Operations Command, had pressed for years to win approval for commando missions into Pakistan.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York and a fellow member of the banking committee, said Mr. Reed pressed for years to create the affordable-housing fund, and finally found the perfect moment.

CAIRO — Egypt's most prominent political dissident and a one-time presidential candidate, Ayman Nour, was unexpectedly released from prison on Wednesday after the United States and European governments had pressed for years to have him set free.

Conservative Christians have pressed for years to loosen the restrictions on political endorsements by religious groups, and Representative Walter B. Jones, Republican of North Carolina, has previously proposed legislation to that effect.

Critics of the Obama administration's approach to preventing foreclosures have pressed for two years to get officials to focus more of their attention on unemployed homeowners, with meager results.

The news came as another major setback for the European nations that have pressed for three years to persuade Iran to halt its fuel production program, and for President Bush.

Even so, Human Rights Watch, one of several groups that pressed for many years for Mr Taylor to be brought to justice, said the trial showed that leaders responsible for war crimes could be called to account.

U.S. trade officials had pressed for eight years of intellectual property protection for these drugs before the release of data could lead to generic substitutes.

Assistant US Attorney Sara Woodward said Xu's regret for his actions was real, but pressed for five years due to how large the smuggling operation was.