Example sentences of "to press [adv] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Bangemann , the second most senior European commissioner after the EC President , Jacques Delors , does not share Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's sympathy with Major 's parliamentary difficulties , issuing statements about the need to press ahead with the union which only serve to anger further the rebel Tories . |
| 2 | She was glad at last to have a use for information from Robert : it justified her relationship with him and her decision to press ahead with the case . |
| 3 | The government 's decision to press ahead with the work , allegedly without carrying out an adequate environmental impact assessment , led to a threat of legal action from the European Commission [ see ED no. 52 ] . |
| 4 | As Negus , Tafari now felt powerful enough to press ahead with the reforms he had set his heart on ; but as he did so opposition intensified . |
| 5 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 6 | The other 10 EC nations are determined to press ahead with the Maastricht Treaty on their own if either the Danes or the British fail to back it . |
| 7 | The election result has given the Conservatives five years in which to press ahead with the changes . |
| 8 | Councillors decided to press ahead with the prosecutions despite the Government 's recent announcement that it 's to review the Sunday Trading laws . |
| 9 | However , health campaigners , who reacted angrily to warnings that the axe could fall , have decided to press ahead with the meeting , saying they can not trust the healthcare trust . |
| 10 | On the basis of this greatly enhanced authority the EP decided to press ahead with the task of unifying Europe and to this end produced a draft treaty establishing a European Union . |
| 11 | Gorbachev , in his response to the results , nonetheless claimed that they had received a mandate for the ‘ renewal and strengthening of the union state ’ and promised to press ahead with the conclusion of the union treaty and a new constitution . |
| 12 | Speaking to journalists , the former deputy Labour leader on Liverpool council hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 13 | DEREK HATTON , the former Labour politician cleared yesterday of plotting to defraud Liverpool city council , last night hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 14 | Despite such setbacks a commitment to press ahead with the deal had been provided by the Malaysian Defence Minister , Najib Razak , during a visit to London in early June . |
| 15 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 16 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 17 | Despite this obstacle , Sturt was determined to press ahead with the expedition , and on 19 May he appealed to Gould to exert any pressure he could on Lord Derby to encourage his son , Lord Stanley — who was then Secretary of State for the Colonies — to back the proposal . |
| 18 | Hrawi underlined his determination to press ahead with the security plan on Oct. 24 when he formally ordered all militias to leave Beirut and to hand over positions to the Lebanese Army . |
| 19 | When this expectation was disappointed it was decided to press forward with the Barclays ( Asia ) prosecution . |