Sentence examples for pressing for weeks from inspiring English sources

Afghanistan's interim government, headed by Hamid Karzai, has been pressing for weeks to gain access to frozen assets.

In his brief remarks, Mr. Trump leveled the accusation — which his supporters have been pressing for weeks — that Mrs. Clinton first raised doubts eight years ago about Mr. Obama's birthplace.

The Unite union has been pressing for several weeks for more urgent help from the government in the wake of a succession of announcements from car firms axing jobs, cutting production and freezing pay.

Critics say the security services have been too heavily involved in the electoral process, including the military, pressing for a six-week rollback from an original date of 14 February.

MEXICO CITY — After pressing for more than three weeks for access to an American citizen detained in Cuba, an American diplomat in Havana has finally met with the man grabbed by state security for distributing electronic equipment to community groups, American officials said Tuesday.

Gordon Brown claimed Labour had for some weeks been pressing for a more definitive statement about the timetable for the delivery of extra powers.

"They will both avoid the risks of separation but have more control over their own destiny, which is where I think many Scots want to be". Gordon Brown claimed Labour had for some weeks been pressing for a more definitive statement about the timetable for the delivery of extra powers.

Immigrant advocate groups have mobilized across the country in what they call a last-ditch effort to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant students, pressing for action in the remaining weeks when Democrats control both houses of Congress.

"That is a good start, but in my discussions with the Treasury over the coming weeks I will be pressing for a higher borrowing ceiling," she said.

Some of those pressing for action are concerned that, with just four weeks left in the legislative session, the governor will give up on the issue.

Her first public performance came at Berry College in Georgia a few weeks ago, and her family is pressing for Guinness World Record certification.