Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been pressing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you will know the local residents and visitors have been pressing for a footpath along Gubberford Lane for many years . |
| 2 | He has already been stripped of all his posts , but hardliners had been pressing for a public trial on criminal charges , though this looks unlikely . |
| 3 | Because of its concerns about the consultants ' figures , convention officials have been pressing for an urgent meeting of a joint Scottish Office-COSLA working party on finance since early February but that has not taken place . |
| 4 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 5 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 6 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 7 | The Americans have been pressing for much more money . |
| 8 | On the other hand , virtually all the demands which the Anglicans had been pressing for in their attempts to come to terms with James , such as those made by the bishops in their meeting with the King on 3 October , did . |
| 9 | Local residents have been pressing for action to curb the speed and behaviour of some drivers . |
| 10 | Citizens ' Action and other environmental groups have been pressing for a broadening of the reporting requirements , so as to give a more accurate of pollution levels . |
| 11 | The engineering unions have been pressing for a 35-hour working week , but the deal at NEI — a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce — would satisfy their claim for a two-hour reduction in the working week . |