Sentence examples for pressed to secure from inspiring English sources
He observes that Amnesty for a half century has pressed to secure basic rights for the persecuted and imprisoned across the globe, while during the same time frame, Dylan's art has explored and expressed the anguish and hope of the modern human condition.
Republican lawmakers and aides, who were already pressed to secure enough GOP votes to get the bill through the House, scrambled to decipher Trump's intentions.
An earlier Sunday Times leader revealed the truth about the worldwide struggle of the Murdoch press to secure the hearts and minds of its millions of readers.
It was something of a labour of love, working with publisher Shortfire Press to secure the three short stories for the app, while also tapping his music contacts back home to bring in bands to provide the soundtrack.
Trump had attempted a "full-court press" to secure passage of his plan but was not successful winning over Tea-Party Republicans and, at the end, moderate Republicans who objected to last minute changes to the bill.
The opposition has announced that it plans to organize a petition campaign to secure 10 million signatures to press for the constitutional change.
Dealers are hard-pressed to secure financing for new inventories.
As a result, few small farms take out insurance plans, leaving them vulnerable to risks like extreme weather and hard-pressed to secure credit and loans.
Corbyn wants Britain to remain in a customs union, probably meaning that it would remain closely aligned with E.U. rules and regulations and could be hard-pressed to secure independent free trade deals, as many Brexit advocates demand.
Although China now accounts for 40% of the world's steel production, Baosteel is hard-pressed to secure favorable terms for its big Chinese peers in the iron ore market, which is two-thirds dominated by BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale.
And with state leadership historically opposed to Medicaid expansion, the poor, homeless, mentally ill and/or substance addicted population LEAD advocates want to target in the city will be hard-pressed to secure the support the diversion program is based on.
