Example sentences of "to press for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | According to Erskine May the purpose is to obtain information , to press for action . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She hoped Mr Fallon would continue to press for action on behalf of the licensees . |
| 35 | 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 " . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | The ‘ kinship defenders ’ are more concerned to press for policy changes , such as more day-care provision to help one-parent families , as urgently necessary ; the other group perhaps sees such changes as more long term , as not immediately related to the needs of the children who are currently the subject of placement decisions . |
| 38 | I shall certainly be using this incident to press for priority to be given to a Skelton and Brotton bypass . ’ |
| 39 | On Oct. 21 an independent military trade union called " Shield " was formed to press for reform . |
| 40 | 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 . |