I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pressure gauge
▪ He checked the pressure gauge on the oxygen cylinder.
a pressure group (=one that tries to make the government do something)
▪ Friends of the Earth is Britain’s leading environmental pressure group.
bear the strain/pressure
▪ Mark couldn’t bear the pressure of the job any longer.
blood pressure (=the force with which blood moves through your body)
▪ High blood pressure increases the risk of a heart attack.
blood pressure
▪ high blood pressure
bow to public pressure
▪ Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo.
buckle under the pressure/strain/weight
▪ A weaker person would have buckled under the weight of criticism.
check/take sb’s blood pressure (=measure it)
▪ The nurse will take your blood pressure.
diplomatic pressure
▪ Riots followed and there was diplomatic pressure on the government to assert its authority.
ease the pressure/burden
▪ This should ease the burden on busy teachers.
exert pressure
▪ Did Democratic leaders exert pressure on their colleagues to vote for the new law?
gentle pressure
▪ the gentle pressure of Jill’s hand
intense pressure
▪ The Prime Minister is under intense pressure to call a general election.
intolerable burden/strain/pressure
▪ Caring for an elderly relative can become an intolerable burden.
mounting pressure
▪ There was mounting pressure on him to resign.
peer pressure
▪ Teenagers often start smoking because of peer pressure.
pressure cooker
▪ the pressure cooker of soccer management
pressure group
▪ environmental pressure groups
pressure point
▪ a pressure point for racial tension
pressure washer
relieve pressure
▪ Doctors should have inserted a needle into the lungs to relieve the pressure.
resist pressure
▪ The Chancellor resisted pressure to increase taxes.
Succumbing to pressure
▪ Succumbing to pressure from the chemical industry, Governor Blakely amended the regulations.
the air pressure
▪ The air pressure had dropped.
the tyre pressure (=the force of the air in a tyre)
▪ Have you checked the tyre pressure?
under...pressure
▪ She’s been under a lot of pressure at work.
undue pressure/stress/strain etc
▪ Exercise gently and avoid putting yourself under undue strain.
yield to...pressure
▪ Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
competitive
▪ During the 1980s building societies found themselves under increasing competitive pressure.
▪ We live in a global marketplace, which puts enormous competitive pressure on our economic institutions.
▪ The competitive pressures we saw in 1992 as a result of the continuing over capacity in our industry will remain.
▪ After years of expansion, it is coming under competitive pressure to reduce costs.
▪ However, many regional brewers are now coming under increasing competitive pressure.
▪ Low inflation, competitive pressure and a continued focus on fiscal austerity depress projected raises, Hewitt says.
▪ I have discussed international competition, but of course there are also competitive pressures within the national economy.
▪ For the first time in 1993, the RBOCs confronted increasing competitive pressures in certain local services they had monopolized for decades.
considerable
▪ The fresh disclosures will increase the already considerable pressure on the university to halt the sale plan.
▪ Once his political affiliation was declared as Republican, Powell came under considerable pressure to run against Bill Clinton in 1996.
▪ The consequence of all this is that there are considerable social pressures towards increased educational provision.
▪ Some may experience considerable pressure to meet technical or scientific goals within a short time or within a tight budget.
▪ Through the forum of the Zemsky sobor and through joint petitions they were able to exert considerable pressure upon state policy.
▪ Just-in-time learning puts considerable pressure on organizations to figure out what training to provide when, and where.
▪ This should be set so that it only comes out under considerable pressure.
▪ There is considerable pressure to use these waters for recreation, and they receive much disturbance.
downward
▪ Considerably greater downward pressure is required than for planing wood.
▪ Supply tightness is likely to be alleviated as the year progresses, putting downward pressure on prices.
▪ It could lead to a downward pressure on prices in some industries.
▪ This downward pressure may be increased by underwriters or accepting shareholders selling offeror shares in the market following the takeover.
▪ Super slow-motion replays appeared to show O'Driscoll did not apply downward pressure on the ball.
▪ Both exerted downward pressure on the sterling exchange rate.
▪ If this is not accommodated by capital inflows there will be downward pressure on income levels and subsequently increased unemployment.
▪ In both cases, management appears to have wrongly identified the primary cause of downward pressure on revenue and profit.
economic
▪ Battery cages, like sow stalls, came from economic pressures in the days when cheapness was all.
▪ The economic pressure they could exert on the regimes that resist the masses' demand for democracy is enormous!
▪ Under President Reagan a further weapon seems to have been added to the arsenal of economic pressure.
▪ In addition, the United States is organizing a drive to heighten diplomatic and economic pressure.
▪ The distinction between threat and imposition of economic pressure is important since the threat can sometimes be sufficient to secure compliance.
▪ Personal economic pressures also are driving the sexes on to different political turf.
▪ She knew that she could put economic pressure on her neighbours to build up a bloc of states aligned to herself.
▪ These economic pressures were seconded by the intrusion of the state.
enormous
▪ This puts enormous pressures on staff, who don't always have enough time to do the stock checking.
▪ Parallel to the enormous pressure toward slimness runs the advertising of powerful interests who want to sell food.
▪ All the universities today are under enormous pressure financially.
▪ We live in a global marketplace, which puts enormous competitive pressure on our economic institutions.
▪ There is an enormous amount of pressure on me.
▪ For some time now, the smokers of the world have been submitted to enormous pressure regarding their habit.
▪ Pupils and staff were under enormous pressure.
▪ This new and expanded role for employees will exert enormous pressures on employees and companies alike to invest in education and retraining.
external
▪ The securities industry also demonstrates particularly well the dangers of going international as a result of external pressure rather than internally-perceived opportunities.
▪ There were many new external pressures to be considered.
▪ As an external pressure, if only one to which it might be politic to submit, it certainly is different.
▪ Secondly, each system is able to respond to internal and external pressures, and indeed must do so.
▪ It is small wonder that he sought quiet and freedom from external pressure to follow his inner vision.
▪ What weight is to be attached to environmental and other external pressures in understanding how its members live together?
▪ Linked to the increase in external pressures is the increase in the young person's own natural questioning of authority.
▪ Boiling occurs when the vapour pressure of the liquid equals the external pressure.
financial
▪ Increasing financial pressures also require personal injury practices to refine their economic assumptions.
▪ The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run.
▪ The state should plan the growth of the economy and not be constrained by artificial financial pressures.
▪ The financial pressure will simply find another way in which to express itself.
▪ PacTel said competition, not the spin-off, has caused financial pressures.
▪ We will increase the time they have for each patient by reversing the financial pressures to take on too many patients.
▪ The survey suggests that all of this competitive fervor is taking a toll, and that financial pressures are paramount.
great
▪ In the great pressure for profits, the large stores are using their muscle to get their share of the market.
▪ We decided to praise a couple who did their job under great pressure.
▪ Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks.
▪ Capital availability is scarce and may give rise Co greater pressures to demonstrate results from investments in ReD.
▪ Inflatables do not need great pressure to keep them hard enough for the sea.
▪ Introductions to taped pieces and live shots have to set up the material properly and are usually written under great pressure.
▪ Hoffman was under great pressure to work fast and took measurements over two full days.
▪ The greater the economic impact of the single currency, the greater the pressure for and chance of further harmonization.
heavy
▪ Outside, there was arm-twisting and heavy pressure as the Tory whips rounded on potential rebels.
▪ Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.
▪ However, she is under heavy pressure to accept cuts of £2 billion.
▪ Managed-care companies that had kept prices low to attract new customers are under heavy pressure to increase earnings.
▪ I say again what I said before business questions, namely, that there is heavy pressure on the next two debates.
▪ San Diego collected four sacks and put heavy pressure on Hostetler throughout the game.
▪ In the event, under heavy Foreign Office pressure which she secretly resented, Mrs Thatcher gave way completely.
▪ The heavy pressure of the pen made each line appear engraved.
high
▪ At the top end of the thrust chamber the gas is not moving very fast, but exerting a high pressure.
▪ Salt can induce high blood pressure in some people.
▪ Patients with complete lesions are also unable to generate such high abdominal pressures.
▪ Carolyn Melton of Van Nuys received her first warning seven years ago: Lower the high blood pressure.
▪ The higher the pressure, the more gas dissolves in your body fluids.
▪ The higher the notes, the higher the blood pressure.
▪ Liquids can only be compressed a very small amount and then only under high pressures.
▪ Lock lid in place and cook at high pressure for 16 minutes.
inflationary
▪ Government also jumped on the bandwagon, first with wage restraint policies and later with restrictive monetary policies to reduce inflationary pressures.
▪ A national economy that is expanding without creating inflationary pressures that would force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
▪ Many are dependent on remittances from migrant relatives. Inflationary pressures on the standard of living are now substantial.
▪ Moderating economic expansion in recent months has reduced potential inflationary pressures going forward.
▪ So they tended to have chronic balance of payments surpluses, which stoked up inflationary pressure by maintaining high demand for goods.
▪ Tietmeyer said continued reduction in the public deficit is another plank of reducing long-term inflationary pressures.
▪ The labour market is still tight; other inflationary pressures have yet to abate.
▪ They believe that the reduced spending from the government will reduce inflationary pressures.
intense
▪ Reading cracked under intense pressure again after 69 minutes.
▪ That remained the plan until the intense pressures surrounding this incident arose in May.
▪ But not even Barnes could break down a Springbok side able to absorb the most intense pressure and punish every error.
▪ The girl was put under intense pressure from prosecutors to carry forward her accusation.
▪ Fleischmann and Pons believed that they had stumbled on another way - intense pressures provided by the natural make-up of solid palladium.
▪ He kept Philip's intense pressure at bay.
▪ Rovers began to tire under intense pressure from the St Helens pack.
▪ The former All Black prop is under intense pressure to produce a win.
international
▪ They need our help now more than ever before to exert massive international pressure on the governments, institutions and companies involved.
▪ There will be no more investigations, and no more international pressure on Gadhafi.
▪ It rested, inpart, on an ability to neutralize international pressures.
▪ Thus the region again owed its destiny to international pressures, as it had for centuries.
▪ Perhaps international pressure can stop this environmental disaster.
▪ When legislative elections were held in 1990 under domestic and international pressure, the opposition party won 392 of 485 contested seats.
▪ The other two could face their accusers, however, if the political will is there and international pressure is applied.
▪ Many today would argue that international pressures to regulate less and tax less are good pressures, not bad pressures.
low
▪ They mistreat those in a lower rank, pressure us unnecessarily hinting that they will sue us or call on our superiors.
▪ Remove from heat and lower pressure using the cold-water-release method.
▪ The left-hand graph shows that at low pressure the volume of a fixed amount of gas is high.
▪ The symptoms of toxic shock syndrome include high fever, a rash, vomiting and low blood pressure.
▪ The distribution system is a low pressure hot water one operating by gravity.
▪ The disturbances were caused by an upper level low pressure that moved over the northern part of the state Monday.
▪ The decision to use this low pressure was partly based on engineering constraints.
▪ If the solute has a lower pressure than the solvent, then the vapour pressure is reduced.
political
▪ Under political pressure, and inpart because the banks are in any case controlled by their customers, the banks usually comply.
▪ But they said the organized process of the advisory council w ill create political pressure for the supervisors to heed the recommendations.
▪ Its final ending, brought about by external political pressure, is marked by Shklovsky's recantation published in January 1930.
▪ Only press exposure and political pressure saved her from a court-martial; she has instead been less-than-honorably discharged.
▪ Are you going to use your local agents or staff, a debt collector, a solicitor, political pressure or what?
▪ Here we bring together a set of problems that may frustrate stabilization policy: lags, rational expectations, and political pressures.
▪ There has been no political pressure from the Foreign Office or elsewhere to prevent the exhibition.
▪ And yet the need is still there for the continued political and social pressure that affirmative-action programs represent.
public
▪ Mar Lodge has proved that even the most intransigent of ministers will begin to bend to public pressure.
▪ The group announced an advertising campaign to bring public pressure on lawmakers to sign the pledge.
▪ Often, only government action or intense public pressure makes big business change behaviour.
▪ For more than two years, the authorities hunted for the kidnapper. Public pressure demanded the case be solved.
▪ He said they were reacting to public pressure, and that the majority of people did not support Sunday opening.
▪ Forest Service officials are aware that public pressure may push them to artificially restore the forest, she said.
▪ New Aspiration, a prospective coalition partner, was already under public pressure against the inclusion of tainted politicians in the line-up.
▪ He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
social
▪ Personal uncertainty will combine with social pressure to encourage experiment.
▪ The social pressure has led to calls from several leading lawmakers and executives to postpone the introduction of the euro.
▪ The consequence of all this is that there are considerable social pressures towards increased educational provision.
▪ And yet the need is still there for the continued political and social pressure that affirmative-action programs represent.
▪ In addition, the organized networks could to a certain extent rely on intimidation and social pressure.
▪ The suffocation of social pressure, the idea of self-worth as defined by men, it all rings true.
▪ And always the social pressure to keep up to date and with the scene.
▪ There are few social or cultural pressures on her to conceive.
strong
▪ Once such norms have been developed, there are strong pressures on people to conform to them.
▪ Mr Benquis faces strong political pressure to successfully wrap up both the investigation and any subsequent legal proceedings.
▪ Others argue that disinflationary forces are currently so strong that such pressures pose no threat.
▪ That creates strong pressure to emulate the best and so will lead to improved quality and efficiency.
▪ There was nevertheless strong pressure for hanging on.
▪ The markets have correctly judged where the strongest political pressures lie.
▪ Using strong down pressure, plane until the desired bevel has been obtained.
▪ Much stronger pressures and probably more decisive action was necessary in these circumstances.
undue
▪ He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents.
▪ Will this be another undue pressure put on the assessment procedures?
▪ Your lists of goals should not put undue pressure on you; you should not feel stressed.
▪ They were not to put undue pressure on the peasants themselves, but only on their fellow subordinate collectors.
▪ First, she contended that her husband put her under undue pressure to sign and that she finally succumbed to the pressure.
▪ The judge's findings of fact on the undue pressure issue are, I think, less clear cut.
■ NOUN
blood
▪ Lifting very heavy weights can also raise your blood pressure considerably for a short time.
▪ Ratios could serve to guide the selection of age-specific blood pressure cutoff levels for treatment.
▪ He's supposed to have high blood pressure and shouldn't get too excited.
▪ In just two weeks their blood pressure came down a little.
▪ The two groups were strictly similar for all variables, especially for initial blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion.
▪ The higher the notes, the higher the blood pressure.
▪ What is the cost of an ulcer, high blood pressure and other ailments endemic in banking?
▪ For, like Max, he'd been over-anxious about his health: arthritis had plagued him, and high blood pressure.
cooker
▪ Good stainless steel pressure cookers cost around £40.
▪ Fearless until now, I suddenly remembered the reason why pressure cookers had fallen out of favor.
▪ Place the required amount of water and the beans or peas in the pressure cooker.
▪ Most experts agree that if you can afford it, you should buy one of the new generation of pressure cookers.
▪ Normally, most beans take about 45 minutes to cook, so allow 15 minutes in the pressure cooker.
▪ But the best, most magical moment was when I made risotto with the pressure cooker.
▪ Prestige's stainless steel pressure cooker with a Thermocore base allows you to produce delicious, complete meals in minutes.
group
▪ As such, it is intended to draw wider lessons about the workings of pressure groups in modern Britain.
▪ Or pressure groups like the Baby Milk Action Group which, among other things, campaigns against women being pressurised into bottle-feeding.
▪ It happens like this: a pressure group asserts that promotion of product X causes health hazards and demands a marketing code.
▪ Obviously, the government won't do anything, so we needed to create a pressure group.
▪ There is also the associated and delicate issue of contact between internal reformers and reforming pressure groups.
▪ The position is further complicated by the fact that pressure groups can be closely or even officially associated with parties.
▪ Consumer pressure groups are calling for legislation to force manufacturers to fit plugs on goods before they leave the factory.
▪ He is anxious that all demands for screening from pressure groups - of doctors or patients - should be weighed carefully.
peer
▪ Any lack of required work effort by an individual will affect the immediate group bonus and so peer pressure can be significant.
▪ They discovered spectator peer pressure, fans nudging recalcitrant neighbors to participate.
▪ Carl Gunnersley, defending Khan, said his behaviour was also affected by drink and peer pressure.
▪ In part, the growth of peer pressure will result from revolutionary changes in pay practices.
▪ These findings highlight the importance of peer pressures in adolescence.
▪ However, unsophisticated people should not let peer pressure push them into a fad.
▪ First, there was the peer pressure from my colleagues.
▪ And they are given interpersonal strategies to avoid peer pressure to make these unhealthy choices.
■ VERB
apply
▪ Examine your doors as a burglar would, and apply a little pressure top and bottom.
▪ The beauty of C4 is that you can apply pressure or heat and it will not detonate.
▪ If dissent is voiced, self-appointed mind-guards apply verbal and non-verbal pressure to isolate dissenters.
▪ While applying this pressure, the horse should not move or flinch away.
▪ Coach Tony Dungy, once an accomplished defensive coordinator, likes to apply pressure.
▪ Super slow-motion replays appeared to show O'Driscoll did not apply downward pressure on the ball.
▪ Keep a thumb lightly on the spool and apply pressure as the lure hits the water to avoid backlash.
bear
▪ This would bring financial pressure to bear on his friends and family, and besides it was profitable.
▪ With all the pressure brought to bear upon them, both President Lincoln and General Halleck stood by me....
▪ That kind of pressure is difficult to bear, however self induced.
▪ Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs.
▪ In London Channel 4 journalists and Insight News, the production company, brought pressure to bear.
▪ On his eastern border, Ine brought pressure to bear on the eastern Saxons who were sheltering exiles from his kingdom.
▪ Those groups have brought pressure to bear on government to provide resources or pursue policies to the benefit of their members.
bow
▪ And the police chief would stay right in City Hall, bowing to political pressures.
▪ Chancellor Norman Lamont has bowed to pressure and will impose only a small rise on drinkers and smokers.
▪ In August he bowed to the pressure, put Elias Snider in charge, and made Beck one of the commissioners.
▪ Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki bowed to pressure from his supporters and formally declared his candidacy on Oct. 4.
▪ The governors, nevertheless, bowed to pressure from Republican congressional leaders not to call for reopening welfare legislation for major changes.
bring
▪ He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents.
▪ The group announced an advertising campaign to bring public pressure on lawmakers to sign the pledge.
▪ This would bring financial pressure to bear on his friends and family, and besides it was profitable.
▪ Lock lid in place and bring to high pressure.
▪ In public sector schools in the late 1980s, shortages of government funding were bringing pressures to charge fees.
▪ Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs.
▪ Nevertheless, the sheep ranchers had their rights, and brought added pressure on the Biological Survey for government intervention.
ease
▪ Sometimes grants are awarded to ease exceptional pressures on families.
▪ He put a hand to his forehead to ease the pressure.
▪ The building will help ease the growing pressure on academic accommodation.
▪ Prompt response to requests would help to ease the pressure as would a concerted effort being made to increase membership.
▪ Channel 4 eased the pressure for space, but also led to more programmes competing for it.
▪ By easing cashflow pressures, it could help stimulate a change of culture in this potential growth area towards capital projects.
▪ According to the country's national water director Americo Muianga, its managers have opened floodgates to ease pressure on its structure.
exert
▪ Small debts could rapidly mount up and begin to exert intolerable pressure on the relationship between husband and wife. 1.
▪ Similarly, at interest rates below Oi l, the excess demand for money exerts upward pressure on interest rates.
▪ A gas exerts pressure because its molecules are moving about rapidly and in random directions.
▪ This in turn had exerted the upward pressure on bank interest rates which the government was now trying to counter.
▪ As soon as we stop exerting ourselves the blood pressure returns to normal again.
▪ Later on I realised the extent to which the Soviet side could exert pressure on us in these matters.
▪ Through the forum of the Zemsky sobor and through joint petitions they were able to exert considerable pressure upon state policy.
▪ At light-speed, however, their very velocity gives them the ability to exert pressure.
face
▪ As the most expensive section of the labour force, middle-aged workers have faced very severe pressures to terminate their employment.
▪ But it was clear he would face mounting pressure to intervene from not only congressional leaders but travelers.
▪ Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks.
▪ And I knew it was a diversity facing pressures of unprecedented scale.
▪ In a functional department we face quite properly increasing pressure on our resources.
▪ Hospitals industrywide have been facing pressures from insurers to cut costs amid declining patient stays.
▪ The insurance industry is also facing pressure to cut its costs.
▪ He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
feel
▪ We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself, who are being eliminated, won't feel under pressure.
▪ You never felt the pressure you felt from other choreographers.
▪ Reinforce this so your man won't feel pressure to become aroused.
▪ I felt the same pressure now.
▪ Covered in sharp angled corners it feels as if the slightest pressure would collapse it.
▪ In the meantime, they said, other broadcasters feel pressure to avoid similar violations, resulting in widespread self-censorship.
▪ Television and radio stations also feel under pressure.
▪ They feel the pressure, like everything is fading away.
increase
▪ That has increased pressure to move to a more professional army.
▪ Executives point to increased regulatory pressures as well as scrawny profit margins on underwriting new state and local government issues.
▪ However, many regional brewers are now coming under increasing competitive pressure.
▪ Some analysts say the care issue will increase pressure for a complete review of funding.
▪ Alton increased the pressure and, after squandering several chances, took the lead on 60 minutes.
▪ A fine multi-purpose move increasing the pressure in the c-file while also eyeing the Black king.
▪ With greater financial stringency there will be increasing pressure for economies of scale by the amalgamation of fundholding practices.
keep
▪ The president's foes are vowing to hold large demonstrations every few days to keep pressure on Estrada to resign voluntarily.
▪ When you feel that telltale tug, crank the handle and keep the pressure on.
▪ He kept Philip's intense pressure at bay.
▪ Whatever the reasons, the en-emy kept up the pressure, with very few lulls, for over a year.
▪ Stirling divided them up into eight patrols of three jeeps each, with orders to keep up the pressure.
▪ A Squadron certainly did keep up the pressure and achieved the desired result, mining and ambushing merrily.
▪ He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible.
mount
▪ Once that commitment became public, the non-government press mounted quite unprecedented pressure for reform in a whole range of different fields.
▪ But it was clear he would face mounting pressure to intervene from not only congressional leaders but travelers.
▪ Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor, there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards.
▪ Indirect evidence of mounting demographic pressure is also provided by the steady destruction of the forests.
▪ With growing assurance it mounted pressure for constitutional democracy based upon universal, equal, secret, and direct franchise.
▪ Both sides have reacted warily to the mounting pressure to force her to testify.
▪ Both sides are under mounting public pressure to settle the three-week dispute.
▪ There is mounting pressure to break down the barriers protecting the tax-deductible charitable dollar.
put
▪ Community demand for education is still strong, and puts further pressures on government resources.
▪ Whatever Congress does to fix it is likely to put severe pressures on the rest of the health care system.
▪ Les isn't putting me under any pressure there.
▪ They put pressure on him, time after time, but Testaverde often escaped.
▪ Nevertheless, will my right hon. Friend continue to put pressure on the 35 countries that still place restrictions on our exporters?
▪ These forces are putting pressure on academic medical centers such as Columbia and its College of Physicians and Surgeons.
▪ This puts enormous pressure on smaller practices'.
▪ I think Dennis puts so much pressure on you.
reduce
▪ Relaxation in eligibility criteria would also reduce the pressure on able-bodied recipients to look for work.
▪ Prevents or delays high blood pressure, and reduces blood pressure in people with hypertension. 7.
▪ Earlier publication will make timetabling easier, and reduce the pressure on staff who need to review and develop teaching materials.
▪ In congestive heart failure, it is diminished because of low cardiac output and reduced arterial distending pressure.
▪ Government also jumped on the bandwagon, first with wage restraint policies and later with restrictive monetary policies to reduce inflationary pressures.
▪ But it will reduce the pressure that so many families face in trying to get their children to and from day care.
▪ And reduce pressure on overflowing landfill sites.
▪ Cook 15 minutes. Reduce pressure and remove lid.
relieve
▪ Sometimes centres were able to relieve any additional pressure on staff by allocating the equivalent of two places to one child.
▪ It would relieve the pressure from the peace groups in the United States and mollify many of the doves.
▪ If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation to relieve the pressure on the nerve.
▪ He expected to coach a few years under Parker to relieve some pressure, then pursue a head-coaching job.
▪ It knew the bank's position; it knew how much liquidity to inject to relieve the pressure.
▪ When he played for Phoenix, Ceballos came off the bench to relieve pressure on Charles Barkley with his shooting.
▪ Intended to relieve pressure on the most popular courses, the system should be up and running this spring.
▪ We dared leave the leeboards no more than half way down, with ropes and guys rigged to relieve the sideways pressure.
resist
▪ How effectively are club doctors able to resist these pressures?
▪ Whenever the jeep came, it was difficult to resist the moral pressure to keep it with me.
▪ Chatichai resisted pressure from the military to dismiss Chalerm.
▪ The obvious question is how long the present authoritative regime will be able to resist the pressures.
▪ Younger players in particular, as well as less established players, may find it particularly difficult to resist such pressures.
▪ They usually have well developed roots and fragile stems with which to resist the pressure of the current.
▪ Mr Gorbachev is resisting centrifugal pressure, but leaving the door open for future change in party's status.
▪ She resisted his pressure to reveal her story, but finally followed his suggestion to tell it to the hearth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apply force/pressure
▪ Coach Tony Dungy, once an accomplished defensive coordinator, likes to apply pressure.
▪ How did you apply pressure to a man you could not even find?
▪ If you have a nose bleed, apply pressure to the nose by pinching the nostrils together for about ten minutes.
▪ Keep a thumb lightly on the spool and apply pressure as the lure hits the water to avoid backlash.
▪ The beauty of C4 is that you can apply pressure or heat and it will not detonate.
▪ The chance of Damien Gould helping her seemed unlikely in the extreme, unless she could apply pressure on him.
▪ The government is applying pressure, too.
▪ Try to apply pressure out towards the ends of your knees.
bring pressure/influence to bear (on sb/sth)
▪ As consumers in a capitalist society we have great power to bring pressure to bear.
▪ In London Channel 4 journalists and Insight News, the production company, brought pressure to bear.
▪ It is no longer our job to criticize or bring pressure to bear.
▪ On his eastern border, Ine brought pressure to bear on the eastern Saxons who were sheltering exiles from his kingdom.
▪ Those groups have brought pressure to bear on government to provide resources or pursue policies to the benefit of their members.
▪ Workers have their own organisations which can bring pressure to bear on governments and make demands on the state.
pile on the pressure/agony
▪ And Walsh piled on the pressure to get promises of advertising business.
▪ He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder.
▪ It piled on the agony for Glasgow, who had passed up another chance two minutes before the break.
▪ Move round him, piling on the pressure from different directions.
▪ Pressure Gornei piled on the pressure from the start and by the end of the contest Griffin's face was badly swollen.
▪ Then we really pile on the pressure.
▪ They piled on the pressure to win handsomely by 30 shots.
▪ Woosnam piled on the agony with four successive birdies.
ridge of high pressure
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I just can't take the pressure at work anymore.
▪ Inflationary pressures will lead to higher prices.
▪ There was no water pressure in the bathroom this morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Blackburn cracked under the pressure, as Kerslake and Jones lined up for shots and David Mitchell cleaned up.
▪ Every engineer knew that dollars-and-cents issues figured in his work, right along with boiler pressures and stress factors.
▪ Indirect evidence of mounting demographic pressure is also provided by the steady destruction of the forests.
▪ Reading cracked under intense pressure again after 69 minutes.
▪ Suffice to say, the locals approved, and soon Cambianica felt pressure to expand his wine-making enterprise.
▪ Tourists and immigrants are increasing the pressures on the Galapagos's already scarce resources, from fresh water to seafood.
▪ You never felt the pressure you felt from other choreographers.
II.verbPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ridge of high pressure
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A child might need to be prodded or compelled to keep a promise, or simply pressured to do a job well.
▪ Bush has been somewhat less outspoken, apparently sensitive to being seen as pressuring his successor at a tough moment.
▪ I weighed in on Monday, got blood pressured, then drove through blinding rain into the Guildford one-way system.
▪ Over the next few years, Mrs J was pressured into lending her son large sums of money.
▪ Reagan was continuously being pressured to compromise in ways that preserved the influence and the policies of the defeated opposition.
▪ The more conservative Viktor Chernomyrdin was voted in after Yeltsin was pressured into withdrawing his support for Gaidar.
▪ When David Hale claims he was pressured into making illegal loans, he is branded a crook and a liar.