Sentence examples for pressure was exerted from inspiring English sources

It ended when the balance of forces was modified on the ground, and irresistible pressure was exerted on Milosevic.

It was hardly fair, to put it mildly, that so much pressure was exerted on one man.

Consequently, as Marlborough accumulated impressive victories on the Continent, pressure was exerted on Anne to admit Whigs to the ministry.

The Times did not seek comment on this assertion from either the Bush administration or the United Nations, which have previously denied that such pressure was exerted.

Officials claim that pressure was exerted on them to sign off an executive summary of the draft plans quickly without seeing the full document.

Council officials claim that pressure was exerted on them to sign off an executive summary of the draft plans quickly without seeing the full document.

Some simple apparatuses for deforming rocks are designed for biaxial stress application: a directed (uniaxial) compression is applied while a confining pressure is exerted (by pressurized fluid) around the cylindrical specimen.

Those on the fingers monitor the pressure being exerted.

Not only are another three points entered in the ledger, but a little more pressure is exerted on Celtic.

**Calculated for the altitude at which 1 bar of atmospheric pressure is exerted.

All blinds sold in the United States since then have come with either separate tassels or cord ends, or tassels that unsnap when pressure is exerted, Mr. Giles said.