bring pressure to bear upon
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The only means of avoiding this danger was to bring pressure to bear upon the senate through the pretorian cohorts, which were as friendly to the family of Augustus as the senate was hostile.
From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo
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
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
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
