Example sentences of "[noun pl] to press for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour spokesman , John McFall , the MP for Dumbarton , claimed that the increases in cost of legal aid represented an artificial blip because the recession was forcing lawyers ' offices to press for payment on accounts . |
| 2 | At the same time it gave encouragement to local amenity groups to press for improvements . |
| 3 | Liberal democratic institutions , it is argued , have been grafted onto a society which places a high value on social consensus , but there are opportunities for groups to press for change . |
| 4 | Before women could form into groups to press for change they too had to challenge ruling ideas — ideas which suggested that their proper place was at home with the family . |
| 5 | In the 1960s , in response to changes in social structure and expectations , and in the context of a party and interest-group world that would not embrace new interests and demands , large numbers of inner-city residents formed themselves into loose groups to press for changes in public policy and in the balance of the public-private provision of the basics for a decent life . |
| 6 | We therefore urge our friends to press for inquiry commissions to investigate the terrible conditions of all Israeli jails . |
| 7 | Bishops might seize the opportunity to urge support for peace councils , abbots to press for protection , lay lords to obtain charters while plentiful clerical help was available to draw them up and suitably important men present to act as witnesses . |
| 8 | You might also like to urge your MPs to press for reinstatement of the WAC so that it can complete this important study . |