Example sentences of "been pressure " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there has been pressure from the Department of the Environment to ratify the convention . |
| 2 | At the end of November , when the extension and new filter were completed , the fish and plants were replaced in the main pond which had also been pressure cleaned and the mains water hose was left flowing overnight in order to refill the pond . |
| 3 | There had been pressure from the Tourist Board and Turkish TV crews to start the rafting trip from a particularly scenic and dramatic place and the guides misjudged what could be achieved with a novice crew . |
| 4 | If the wood is not a naturally durable one , make sure it has been pressure treated to resist rot — better quality ones are guaranteed for well over five years . |
| 5 | However even for male university graduates in large firms there is the prospect of retirement at the relatively early age of 55 although there has been pressure from the Ministry of Labour in recent years for this to be raised . |
| 6 | As with school meals , there had been pressure for a generation for free medical treatment of schoolchildren from doctors and philanthropists . |
| 7 | Since a mother generally has a new baby every four and a half years , there may have been pressure on her to speed up each youngster 's training , to leave time to care for the latest addition to the family . |
| 8 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 9 | However , the only manifestations of hostility up until October 1959 had been pressure on its European allies not to supply Cuba with weapons ( in mid-October Washington had blocked the sale of British jet fighters to Cuba ) . |
| 10 | Over the past three years a large number of deep mines have closed , while at the same time there has been pressure to develop and expand the open-cast and private sectors of the industry . |
| 11 | This is not to assume either that there has never been pressure within the universities for change or that the state is necessarily hostile to the collegiate model . |
| 12 | It must have been pressure . |
| 13 | Full employment would never have occupied the attention of the government to the extent it did had there not been pressure to give both a commitment and some explanation of how it would be honoured . |
| 14 | Ever since the Second World War , there had been pressure in some circles for a move away from the secular aspects of the state created between the wars by Ataturk . |
| 15 | The need for development has to be established and so erm I refute the fact totally that there has n't been pressure for development in the countryside , that 's certainly not the case . |
| 16 | Mr Mitterrand , who at 76 is in the fifth year of his second term , has himself said that ‘ twice seven years is too long ’ , and there has been pressure to cut the term to five or six years . |