Sentence examples for sufficiently pressed from inspiring English sources

When we look ahead to a potential Hillary Clinton presidency, we should see a politician who might respond to grassroots mobilizations by forging progressive change – if sufficiently empowered and sufficiently pressed.

He usually stole books from bookstores and sold them to second-hand bookstores, but if he was sufficiently hard pressed he stole from friends.

"Financial markets have continued to function reasonably well, and credit continues to flow, although admittedly with reduced availability to less-than-investment-grade borrowers and at interest spreads sufficiently elevated to press on profit margins of those lower-rated borrowers," he said.

Critics contended that Mr. Dinis had come under pressure from supporters of the Kennedy family and had not pressed the case sufficiently.

Furthermore, the curve became sufficiently large when its contact pad is pressed.

The curve became sufficiently large when its contact pad was pressed.

Executives at the bank believe it has recovered sufficiently to repay its bailout money, and they have pressed their case in Washington.

Honor crimes tend to occur, activists say, when men feel pressed by their communities to demonstrate that they are sufficiently protective of their female relatives' virtue.

He was repeatedly pressed about past statements and votes on Israel, Iran and nuclear weapons, with GOP lawmakers suggesting he wasn't sufficiently supportive of Israel or anti-Iran.

This is pretty technical stuff, and a worry among campaigners is that many peers will not be sufficiently up to speed to press the government.

The crucial question to any journalist advocating independent regulation over statute is this: is the new regulator proposed by the press sufficiently tough, independent and enduring to command widespread public support?