Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] press for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | One said : ‘ If it happens we may press for an inquiry by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . ’ |
2 | I think we should press for the International Olympic er Committee to look at their rules and see that er to ensure that you can not buy the Games , you , you win the Games on merit . |
3 | For instance , we could press for an integration of social work values in senior management and social work teaching . |
4 | We will press for a European reaction force . |
5 | Within the European Community we will press for the introduction of integrated pollution control on the UK model . |
6 | We will press for the progressive reduction of all tariff and non-tariff trade barriers , and in particular the removal of unfair trading barriers against developing countries . |
7 | We will press for an agreement in the EC 's Agricultural Council which will allow us to provide financial encouragement for organic agriculture . |
8 | Describing the acquittals as " illegal in some cases " , they said that they would press for a finding of aggravated murder rather than one of genocide . |
9 | They would press for the international allocation of quotas , as well as mail and air freight , and expected some Commonwealth and European support . |
10 | In January Czechoslovakia announced that it would press for the withdrawal of 75,000 Soviet troops from its territory by the end of 1990 . |
11 | In the light of the Minister 's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) , will he guarantee that at European level he will press for a system of mandatory labelling so that eggs are labelled ’ battery ’ , ’ barn eggs ’ , ’ free range ’ or whatever ? |