bring pressure to bear upon

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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

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

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

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