Example sentences of "have [verb] up the pressure " in BNC.
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| 1 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 2 | We feel we have to keep up the pressure . ’ |
| 3 | An important influence over this change has come from the US , where shareholders have stepped up the pressure to conform to good community practice . |
| 4 | In almost identical terms , constituency parties in the province and Britain have stepped up the pressure for a decisive Government move . |
| 5 | At a rally they heard the Labour leader John Smith repeat his criticism of the government having a fatal addiction to V A T. Several Conservative MPs have stepped up the pressure on senior ministers to reverse the plans . |