1.   The spokesman said the authority would be pressing the department of transport for an early meeting.

2.   As authorities pressed for their cooperation, they also began scouring their finances.

3.   Authorities have been pressing for more spaces for local students at the university.

4.   Barry said Canadian authorities pressed him to testify against reputed mobsters, but he refused because his life was threatened.

5.   British authorities are pressing the IRA to surrender the weapons in a bid to bring wary Protestant loyalists into the peace talks.

6.   But the German authorities were pressing French officials in Bordeaux to arrest the children left behind in the July sweep and send them to Drancy as well.

7.   Confronted with the prospect of a prolonged fight, Russian authorities have pressed the news media to tone down the already careful coverage of the war.

8.   Japanese authorities are pressing for Britain to take the shipments back.

9.   Opposition deputies in Parliament are right to demand that judicial authorities press ahead with their investigations.

10.   Serb authorities had pressed for a run-off vote.