Example sentences of "not [vb infin] to pressure " in BNC.

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1 On March 14 President Félix Houphouët-Boigny warned that he would not yield to pressure to release Gbagbo and the other opposition figures .
2 The government would not yield to pressure , she promised .
3 The government would not yield to pressure , she promised .
4 Official sympathy did not extend to pressure for constitutional change : ‘ enlightened ’ bureaucrats interpreted such pressure as the work of reactionary oligarchs , while most conservative officials saw behind it the machinations of radical members of the intelligentsia challenging the entire social structure .
5 So would you be likely to speak to John saying again would n't like to pressure Jean again but think John would like
6 Frank O' Sullivan , head coach of Birmingham City ABC , regarded ‘ the majority of black kids ’ as ‘ too casual in their approach ’ and as a consequence ‘ they ca n't react to pressure . ’
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