Example sentences of "[verb] the pressure on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This acceleration of growth lessened the pressure on those areas of vulnerability discussed above and turned attention inwards towards the development and coordination of the discipline itself . |
| 2 | Indeed , both were able to devote more attention to the presidency after leaving their chief executiveships , and given the pressure on heads of houses nowadays , the appointment as president of an about-to-retire chief executive may well become a more common — even preferred — solution . |
| 3 | Given the pressure on sites within the Science Area the University is actively pursuing the possible provision of research facilities on other sites within the City , in addition to seeking to acquire the Radcliffe Infirmary ( see para. 3.2 above ) . |
| 4 | Excessive subdivision of holdings , at its worst on the borders of Galicia , revealed the pressure on the land . |
| 5 | Hendrique found himself unable to hold Graham 's gaze and in his disorientation he turned away , unconsciously easing the pressure on the pad . |
| 6 | It raised input costs , thereby tending to reduce profitability and intensifying the pressure on industry to raise prices ( much fixed capital could no longer be operated profitably at existing output prices ) . |
| 7 | While alliances are intended to reduce insecurity and volatility , they are also designed to increase the pressure on competitors . |
| 8 | ECC D are starting to look like the team to beat in this division , after beating Maldon B 7–3 , although OCs C are keeping the pressure on them as they beat ECC E by the same scoreline . |
| 9 | And consumer stocks have risen since November 1991 by 2m bags , to 18.6m , which should ease the pressure on the market . |
| 10 | But I did think that it might just ease the pressure on Saturdays , because , following what erm Betty has said , in fact , as I make it it 's forty-five Saturdays out of fifty-two , and bearing in mind Bank Holiday weekend , Christmas and that sort of thing , it 's virtually every Saturday in the city centre there is a collection . |
| 11 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |
| 12 | Joannides put the pressure on again in the closing Clocaenog stages , forcing the leader into a few close shaves . |
| 13 | That 's where you put the pressure on ? |
| 14 | He kept his speed , resisted the temptation to lessen the pressure on the accelerator . |
| 15 | He believed that the Great Powers would be ‘ in a position to exert the pressure on their clients necessary to induce them to accept such arrangements ’ . |
| 16 | It increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 17 | I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill . |
| 18 | Things remain neck and neck in Area 3 of the event , as City of Nottingham maintain the pressure on leaders and former champions Hallamshire Sheffield , following a 3–0 victory over Hallamshire 's neighbours Abbeydale Park . |
| 19 | But , in that case , would it not have been enough to defend Saudi Arabia and maintain the pressure on Saddam Hussein through sanctions ? |
| 20 | There 's no doubt he relieved the pressure on me and the rest of the dressing-room and enabled me to enjoy my game to the full . ’ |
| 21 | Woodmill piled the pressure on and were finally rewarded with a Martin Shores goal with only thirty seconds left . |
| 22 | IF President FW de Klerk was hoping to ease the pressure on his government by announcing the release of eight prominent prisoners on Tuesday , he must have been disappointed by the reaction . |
| 23 | Chapman may have been seeking to ease the pressure on his players , but if he did entertain hopes of the Double , they were dashed when James injured a knee at Upton Park over Easter . |
| 24 | But the man whose first year as chairman has co-incided with the most traumatic period in Liverpool 's history , spoke out to ease the pressure on Souness . |
| 25 | His hands clutched Lorton 's arm , trying to ease the pressure on his windpipe . |
| 26 | Aquino also attempted to ease the pressure on her beleaguered government by offering on Aug. 29 to negotiate ceasefire agreements with any or all of the three groups — right-wing rebel soldiers , Moslem secessionists and the communist New People 's Army ( NPA ) — engaged in military conflict against her . |
| 27 | Or even to put the pressure on him , maybe ? |
| 28 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 29 | Marxist arguments support this view , pointing out that cheap housing reduces the pressure on wages , allowing the labour force to reproduce itself despite low wages and in this way contributing to capital accumulation in the capitalist sector . |
| 30 | The reshuffle fever sweeping Westminster intensified the pressure on Mr Lamont — already seen by some of his colleagues as a Chancellor beyond redemption — to consider whether the gossip about his job has become too much to bear . |