bring pressure to bear upon

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Any attempt to bring pressure to bear upon an employer to make any change in his business was also forbidden, and the common law opposition was left unrepealed.

From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Cheyney, Edward Potts

His object, however, was not to establish a permanent new party organization, but to bring pressure to bear upon Northern Democrats to force them to adopt a policy opposed to the further extension of slavery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

Accordingly the Federal Reserve Act contains a number of provisions designed to bring pressure to bear upon these to enter the system immediately.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

In making tests the operation of the straining screws is always downward so as to bring pressure to bear upon the weighing platform.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

If you take an empty vessel and bring pressure to bear upon it, in go the sides.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Maclaren, Alexander