Sentence examples for pressed strongly from inspiring English sources

If Van Gaal had stayed on, David de Gea would have pressed strongly to leave.

Under his guidance, the federation pressed strongly for strengthening the Clean Air Act, cutting toxic discharges into the Great Lakes and returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park.

There was an important group of top Nigerian civil servants and lawyers who pressed strongly for preserving unity, and whose influence was paramount.

In Clarke's telling, from the first hours after the attacks the President and other Administration officials pressed strongly for a connection to Iraq.

Yet Canada insisted that the alliance should not be purely military, and Pearson, who was then minister of external affairs, pressed strongly for adopting that principle.

Then, after Denmark had pressed strongly without creating many chances, he curled home a free-kick in the 76th minute before late goals by Yussuf Poulsen and Jannik Vestergaard provided some comfort for the home fans.

Developing countries will press strongly in Lima for solid pre-2020 comminments in accordance with scientific assessments.

It could also push other parties unhappy about the election's outcome to press strongly for an even broader recount.

In the lead-up to the 1988 summer games in Seoul, public protests against South Korea's military dictatorship escalated, prompting the I.O.C. to press strongly for a democratic transition.

Developing countries will press strongly for assurances that the contributions to the GCF are raised to at least $15bn – the minimum necessary, they say, for making it a credible institution.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, David Mepham, the group's UK director, and Hugh Williamson, its  executive director, urged him to "take the opportunity to press strongly on a range of human rights concerns".