Sentence examples for turn pressure from inspiring English sources

But they struggled to turn pressure into clear-cut chances.

This broadened support for emancipation might in turn pressure Lincoln to extend the proclamation beyond its wartime limits.

Pushed by activists and the media, often using the internet, companies are now, slowly in some cases, beginning to turn pressure into performance on some important ethical issues.

Parents may fear that children who behave in an eccentric way are at a disadvantage, and in turn pressure the pediatrician or the psychiatrist to come up with a diagnosis and offer a treatment.

By just threatening intervention, the United States puts pressure on Beijing, New Delhi and Bangkok to, in turn, pressure the Burmese generals to open their country to a full-fledged foreign relief effort.

"Through the sieges, they are pressuring the civilians so they in turn pressure the rebels and blame them for the siege," said Abdullah al-Khatib, an activist and longtime resident of the Yarmouk refugee camp, which was besieged for three years by the Assad regime.

Displaced from northern Mozambique by the Ngoni in the 19th century, the Yao in turn pressured the Manganja peoples of the Shire Highlands.

This is precisely what Malthus is thought to have missed — the capacity of a market economy to turn pressures on supply into innovations that can meet future demands.

That, in turn, pressured Interstate's subcontractor to pay back wages.

The biggest surprise was that they were incapable of turning pressure into points.

They had three opportunities and they took them all and it was a real case for us of not turning pressure into points.