Example sentences of "press on with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 the government was still pressing on with further measures of privatization , reforming the legal profession and health service , resisting moves to greater integration within the European Community , and implementing the new system of local government finance and a reformed education system . |
| 2 | There was public and media speculation that the real purpose of the ANC 's letter was to rally its supporters in the townships , and to fend off criticism that it attached more importance to pressing on with constitutional negotiations with the government than to defending its own people . |
| 3 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 4 | It adopted a motion from Councillor Doherty of the Nationalist Party , instructing the city architect to publish target dates for the completion of seven housing schemes and for all possible steps to be taken to press on with other housing projects . |
| 5 | Any attempt by the Irish Government to press on with political talks would be pointless , when politicians here are pre-occupied with the security situation and are still miles apart , politically . |
| 6 | The partnership has triggered reports of a secret deal to press on with European unity — leaving Britain and others out in the cold . |
| 7 | Britain and Hong Kong want to show they are determined to press on with this way of dealing with those not considered genuine refugees . |
| 8 | They pressed on with renewed hope . |
| 9 | Wasps pressed on with another penalty from Young while the students ' best hope of winning possession came from their 6ft 9in lock Derwin Jones . |
| 10 | I could not see , then , how I might press on with this bantering ; in fact , I decided it best to call a halt to the matter and , pretending to remember something I had urgently to attend to , excused myself , leaving my employer looking rather bemused . |
| 11 | There was no doubt that the Liberals would press on with this timetable , and little doubt that the Labour and Irish MPs would support them ; Unionists could not therefore stop Home Rule becoming law . |