Example sentences of "to press for [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No political movement has emerged in Britain to press for rundown of the mental hospitals . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |
| 4 | We should learn to pay ourselves wage rises lower than inflation when necessary , and not to press for devaluation within the EMS . |
| 5 | You might also like to urge your MPs to press for reinstatement of the WAC so that it can complete this important study . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Will he continue to press for diversity in education through grant-maintained schools , through city technology colleges and through local management of schools responsive to parents ' wishes ? |
| 8 | Microsoft also continues to press for acceptance of its proprietary LAN , e-mail and other technologies as standards despite the existence of de facto and de jure standards supported by desktop Unix systems , a position that must give users pause . |
| 9 | She hoped Mr Fallon would continue to press for action on behalf of the licensees . |
| 10 | Austria , which chaired the European Free Trade Area ( EFTA ) Council of Ministers for the first half of 1991 , continued to press for agreement with the EC on a common European economic area ( EEA ) [ see pp. 38353 ; 38307 ] , which Economic Affairs Minister Schüssel described in January 1991 as " an important interim step … along the path to full [ EC ] membership " . |
| 11 | Macmillan eventually realised that only Australia and New Zealand would resist the pressure and advised South Africa not to press for readmission as a republic . |
| 12 | I shall certainly be using this incident to press for priority to be given to a Skelton and Brotton bypass . ’ |
| 13 | The 1992 budget was approved in the Knesset by 60 votes to 53 with one abstention on Jan. 2 , two days after a Dec. 31 deadline and a matter of hours before the government was to press for approval of a one-month provisional budget . |