Example sentences of "been pressing [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely known , however , that China had been pressing for a Japanese imperial visit for some time as a means of marking a further stage in the country 's rehabilitation from the diplomatic isolation which had followed the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 2 | The engineering unions have been pressing for a 35-hour working week , but the deal at NEI — a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce — would satisfy their claim for a two-hour reduction in the working week . |
| 3 | He has already been stripped of all his posts , but hardliners had been pressing for a public trial on criminal charges , though this looks unlikely . |
| 4 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 5 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 6 | Because of its concerns about the consultants ' figures , convention officials have been pressing for an urgent meeting of a joint Scottish Office-COSLA working party on finance since early February but that has not taken place . |