1.   Some legislators feel such deep loyalty to particular group or societal norms that they seldom experience seriously conflicting pressures.

2.   A host of conflicting pressures lay behind the decision to delay.

3.   But in deciding the exact timing of further interest-rate increases, Fed officials are encountering two conflicting pressures.

4.   Cornyn, who ran for attorney general on a platform of open government, had conflicting pressures in issuing his decision.

5.   During his tenure at Berkeley, though facing conflicting pressures from student demonstrators and Gov. Ronald Reagan, Heyns was considered a moderating influence.

6.   Even as Clinton focused on diplomacy, the White House found itself under conflicting pressures from home and abroad.

7.   Gingrich is under conflicting pressures.

8.   Ms. Reno acknowledged the conflicting pressures when asked about the case early this month.

9.   Once society stopped demanding that women choose between children and a career, the conflicting pressures of managing both were inevitable.

10.   Powerful conflicting pressures were brought to bear on Karzai, and there were no painless outcomes for some of the decisions he had to make.