Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] pressing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Football Supporters Association , who are pressing for a rethink on the Taylor Report , have received a letter from the Premier League 's chairman , Sir John Quinton , expressing his opposition to all-seat stadiums . |
| 2 | And currently , as Steven stated in his address yesterday it is the G M B who are pressing for and winning improvements in the European Health and Safety Directives . |
| 3 | It is significant that it is the Africans who are pressing for a partial lifting of the ban and the maligned fur trade has made no move in that direction . |
| 4 | In view of the interaction between State and occupational scheme benefits , we are pressing for an approach which allows flexibility in the choice of retirement date . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , we are pressing for IMF teams already in Moscow and elsewhere to start preparing the ground . |
| 6 | He says we are pressing for compensation for more of these men . |
| 7 | Not as such so they 're pressing for an answer , the factory , but erm , he came back and said we 'd need firm prices , per kilo price , lump sum price not acceptable , customer offer of sixteen Deutschmark per kilo from , for twelve to fourteen with delivery , your request for those credit verified five months not acceptable , you offer to deliver in eight weeks in which case and we 'd get till twelve weeks , please confirm . |
| 8 | We at Halpern and Woolf believe the recession has been with us for some months already ; the C B I takes the same view and they 're pressing for interest rate reductions now to restore business confidence . |