Example sentences of "[vb past] been press for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British position had been to press for intergovernmental co-operation on foreign , security and judicial matters ( outside the European Community as such ) and to emphasise the deepening of the democracy of the national parliaments of the Member States rather than of the European Parliament itself . |
| 2 | Labour attempted to pre-empt any jobs package by stressing yesterday that it had been pressing for such measures since before Christmas . |
| 3 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 4 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 5 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 6 | Coun. Grant said he and Colburn parish council had been pressing for improved pedestrian safety at this point . |