Sentence examples for under fierce pressure from inspiring English sources

UNDER fierce pressure from Western governments, especially France, which led the dispatch of troops to Mali in January to prevent assorted jihadists from taking over the country, a presidential election was finally settled on August 12th with mercifully little rancour.

Higher estimates go above €100 billion.Spain's sovereign debt is already under fierce pressure.

France is also under fierce pressure to meet European Union targets on budget deficits.

But Republicans are under fierce pressure from some of their allies to make the cuts.

Health budgets are also under fierce pressure, especially in America, by far the world's biggest drugs market.

But that could be difficult, given the low level of confidence in Argentina.Domestically, too, the government is under fierce pressure.

The joke was welcomed by the shifting cast of relatives and friends, all good-natured under this fierce pressure.

The nationalised industries of steel and shipbuilding were under fierce international pressure, in competition with Japan, Germany, Scandinavia and even Polish shipyards.

Now they are simply trying to survive.In Britain, NTL, one of two remaining cable providers, is under fierce financing pressure and might have to merge with its domestic rival, Telewest.

The move comes as the entire military is under fierce Congressional pressure to reduce sexual assault, fueled partly by a recent report estimating that 26,000 assaults took place in the military last year, up from 19,000 two years before.

Under fierce lobbying pressure from multinational sugar processors – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Mars – the EU argues that the reform is made in the spirit of freer markets and better value for the European shopper.