bring pressure to bear upon
Example Sentences
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The answers of the other powers were unsatisfactory or evasive, none of them being willing to bring pressure to bear upon the government of young Alfonso, while the Carlist war was on his hands.
From The United States and Latin America by Latane, John Holladay
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
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
The Press," he said to me, "is the only vehicle left by which one can bring pressure to bear upon public opinion.
From On Nothing and Kindred Subjects by Belloc, Hilaire
I wish we had an empty cottage where we could put them" said Donovan; "but I am afraid all I can do is to bring pressure to bear upon the authorities.
From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna
