Example sentences of "pressure on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although each institutional investor may still only own a very small percentage of the issued share capital of the company , nevertheless , they have the requisite skills to monitor management effectively , and can act collectively to exert pressure on the managers of the company , thereby overcoming the problem that there is little incentive for the individual shareholder to spend the necessary time and money to inform himself of and perhaps challenge the actions of the directors as the managers of the company . |
| 2 | The Chieftains needed to win following Guildford 's midweek victory at Streatham and the ruthlessness of their display is sure to keep the pressure on the Flames until the very end . |
| 3 | By exerting gentle pressure on the zones of the foot the reflexologist is able to diagnose areas of malfunction in the body and then , by massage of the appropriate area of the foot , to help the body heal itself by improving the functioning of the nervous and circulatory systems . |
| 4 | However , if the arbitrage portfolios tend to contain roughly the same subset of shares , there will be little direct pressure on the prices of the remaining constituents of the index . |
| 5 | His explanation begins by assuming that , as a matter of definition , dominant classes are well placed to put pressure on the institutions of the state , so that the interesting question is why they should ever put up with having their interests thwarted . |
| 6 | So another three points which keeps Town on the top of division two south and helps to maintain the pressure on the clubs below them ; final score , Abingdon Town three , Horsham nil . |
| 7 | His research began several years ago with the design of an instrument for exerting pressure on the brains of anaesthetised experimental animals , and mimicking human brain damage during injury or stroke . |
| 8 | Pressure on the families from the media and neighbours led to psychological disturbances in the children , especially Mary 's child . |
| 9 | The second impulse — the desire to avoid disruption — has frequently brought direct pressure on the parties from senior politicians , often in the face of imminent industrial action . |
| 10 | This in turn puts pressure on the wages of organised labour in the north . |
| 11 | All these totally ludicrous things just make work for everyone , and the screws put pressure on the inmates with such pointless regulations as well as causing lots of paperwork for themselves . |
| 12 | Would my right hon. Friend feel able to lead a crusade with other European countries to put pressure on the Governments of central and south America so that every child there has a home , food , clothing and education and is not allowed to fall prey to the worst excesses of human nature ? |
| 13 | The pressure on the governments of Algeria and Tunisia to support Iraq was particularly strong because both faced strong fundamentalist opposition movements which would inevitably capitalize on anti-US sentiment . |
| 14 | Increasing pressure on the Poles to Germanise themselves , and the corresponding Polish reaction in both compliance and defiance , were all part of the impact of capitalist industrial organisation as it spread from the first comers of Western Europe , to the second rank of industrialising nations — to Germany , Japan and Italy in particular — and through them to their potential empires and marcher territories . |
| 15 | The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley . |
| 16 | The government maintained pressure on the rebels by declaring an exclusion zone around Bougainville and blockading all supplies to the island . |
| 17 | It was putting pressure on the plaintiffs by persuading people not to enter their employment . |