bring pressure to bear upon

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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