Example sentences of "been pressing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister has been pressing the Saudis to provide a pre-election boost by increasing the Al Yamamah commitment through an inter-governmental agreement . |
| 2 | They have been pressing the president to appeal to regional leaders for support , offering them more local powers under the new constitution . |
| 3 | The Medical Women 's Federation has been pressing the Department of Health to introduce more flexible arrangements to encourage less than full time training . |
| 4 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 5 | Saying that the council had been pressing the Scottish Office for a long time to commit itself to a new bridge , the administration leader , John MacDougall , said while welcoming their decision , it was vital that the views of users would be taken into account . |
| 6 | The director of policy of the Consumers ' Association , Stephen Locke , said it had been pressing the Government to introduce the measures for some time . |
| 7 | He has been in touch with Greenalls who , in turn , have been pressing the contractor to compensate him . |
| 8 | Mr Beacham said he has been pressing the British Legion to put Stephen 's name on the role of honour . |
| 9 | But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of |