1.   Last night pressure was mounting on Buckingham Palace to officially confirm or deny the claims.

2.   Pressure is mounting for tax allowances on childcare.

3.   The news leaked out last weekend, and pressure has mounted on the justice minister, Oliviero Diliberto, to investigate.

4.   Pressure mounted on Pinochet to resign as he continued to use his position to oppose army reforms and to make statements on internal and foreign policy.

5.   Anti-hunt campaigners say public opinion is on their side, and that pressure is mounting on Westminster for a complete country wide ban on foxhunting.

6.   PRESSURE is mounting on a London businessman to develop an eyesore building on Teesside.

7.   And as any major tournament moves on, the pressure mounts and the scores get higher.

8.   And as the pressure mounts, the partisan and policy debate is intensifying over the pros and cons of the specific options on the table.

9.   And pressure mounted on the city to get the area back to normal as quickly as possible.

10.   And now pressure is mounting on the executives to lower debt and perhaps find another investor in the sports arena.