Example sentences of "[noun sg] to press for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leicester East MP , Keith Vaz , who has led the campaign for compensation for victims of the BCCI collapse , said he would seek an early meeting with the Chancellor to press for compensation . |
| 2 | The question that exercised the National Union most of all was the House of Lords , and regular deputations were sent to Law to press for action . |
| 3 | The Left in the party at large , anxious about the failure of the party in Parliament to press for socialism when in government , have been concerned to change the relationship between the parliamentary party and the party outside Parliament through the implementation of three changes in the party constitution . |
| 4 | But as you know the Save The Children is just one development organisation and with limited resources , so a major part of our task is to use our influence and authority to press for change on a wider scale by keeping the issues of poverty and inequality and of children firmly on the international agenda . |
| 5 | It hopes the findings of the survey will provide ammunition to press for government funding as well as policy changes to encourage housing associations or similar schemes to help local people . |
| 6 | I shall certainly be using this incident to press for priority to be given to a Skelton and Brotton bypass . ’ |