Sentence examples for private pressure from inspiring English sources

He tried to convince himself that his private pressure was having an effect.

This balancing of private pressure with strong public support for Mr. Mubarak has become increasingly tenuous in recent days.

The GMB has also put intense private pressure on Miliband to drop the proposals, saying they were unacceptable.

They lift the lid on the private pressure on Tory ministers to take a tougher line on spending cuts after the election.

But he has faced private pressure from the military to resume executions, resulting in one exception — that of Muhammad Hussain, a soldier convicted on charges of murdering a senior officer, who was hanged in November 2012 after a military trial.

WASHINGTON — Despite intense public and private pressure by the Obama administration, China has not yet shown any sign that it will support tougher sanctions against Iran, leaving a stubborn barrier before President Obama's efforts to constrain Iran's nuclear ambitions.

It could show you the individual, with private pressures, in public circumstances, and link one person to another through chains of obligation and duty.

While he acknowledges that a small amount of government-funded science is an important way of empowering universities against private pressures, he suggests that it can also distract them from their prime purpose, which is to teach.

Nine years after the 9/11 attacks, the United States is still trying to figure out how to manage relations with Pakistan — and what mix of inducements and public and private pressures will persuade Islamabad to fully commit to the fight against extremists.

Until I saw the Season 4 finale of Dexter last week, I had intended to note that Bad had the most shocking cliffhanger ending of the year, as the private pressure-cooker existence of woeful Walt White (the very deserving two-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston) literally exploded in the skies above his community.

"The strategy should include consistent public and private diplomatic pressure to end this cruel practice, showing how the death penalty has failed to deter crime and been unjustly applied".