Example sentences of "[not/n't] press for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family .
2 The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ .
3 The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution .
4 The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution .
5 The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution .
6 This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education .
7 Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO .
8 Even so , at the very least you ought to make sure that you understand fully what you are committing yourself to before deciding whether you can afford not to press for the document to be amended .
9 The Corporation protested to the Board of Trade , who replied on 27 April , ‘ Although we disagree with your views , we will not press for a junction with Station Road .
10 He did not press for an immediate renewal of Anselm 's homage ; and William Giffard stopped calling himself bishop of Winchester .
11 Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position .
12 Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position .
13 But he did n't press for an explanation .
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