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bring pressure to bear upon



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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 Edna Lyall

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 Chester Arthur Phillips

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 John Holladay Latane

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 Samuel J. Record

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 Hilaire Belloc




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