Sentence examples for pressed to run from inspiring English sources

Statist central planning works great for bureaucrats who would be hard pressed to run a successful business.

A year from now, perhaps, she will find herself in a position where she wants to run, or is being pressed to run, and may do it.

The popular health secretary, Frank Dobson, who has a parliamentary seat in London, has been pressed to run but has made it clear that he does not want to leave the cabinet.

If the party gets an even more titanic drubbing than the polls predict in the local and regional elections on May 3rd (see article), it is just possible that some serious contender could be pressed to run against Mr Brown.

I think that passes the General Sherman test, set when the US civil war hero was pressed to run for president in 1864: " I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected".

"I'm convinced that in the end, Netanyahu will convene a press conference to say that he was pressed to run," said Ophir Pines-Paz, chairman of Mr. Barak's One Israel faction.

The traffic numbers became so big that her husband, Jon, began to press to run ads on the site.

There are computers to buy, presses to run, trucks to drive.

Just as we expect the press to run corrections, we expect the truth from human rights organizations".

All eyes will be on Sir Mervyn King at the Bank of England as he faces the press to run through the latest inflation report.

And they encouraged their friends in the press to run story after story about the people who didn't deserve their benefits: the slobs and liars and mickey-takers.