Sentence examples for which pressured from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rendell and Mr. Altmire lobbied the White House, which pressured Haitian officials.

The positive news helped offset disappointing retail figures for September, which pressured blue-chip stocks in early trading.

A spokesman for the C.P.S.C., which pressured Nocsae to consider new helmet labels and other safety measures, said that the commission does not comment on pending legislation.

Sharansky, as judge, would sentence Kissinger to exile in the Soviet Union without benefit of the Jackson amendment, which pressured the Soviets to permit Jews to emigrate.

The outspoken atheist's ironic comments in The Gospel According to Jesus Christ were deemed too cutting by the Roman Catholic Church, which pressured the Portuguese government to block the book's entry for a literary prize in 1992.

The revelation is an embarrassment to the White House, which pressured the Washington Post and some other news organisations to suppress the information for 12 months on national security grounds.

The rate at which pressure is reduced also controls the explosiveness.

The speed at which pressure rises and falls is the frequency.

In addition, there is a time limit of 90 minutes a game and a 45-second shot clock, which pressure a player's shot making and decision making.

Each of these little martinets is a veto point on which pressure may be concentrated; each is the fulcrum of a lever that can move the whole body.

This is in contrast to the "top kill" procedure, which was tried unsuccessfully last month, in which pressure builds as mud is pumped into the top of the well.