11.   In theory, at least, that would lessen inflationary pressures by making it harder for workers to bid up wages.

12.   In the Texas case, the fact that pregame prayers are led by students rather than clergy does not lessen the pressure for religious conformity.

13.   It would lessen the pressure on prospective members of the monetary union to cut their deficits, he argued.

14.   That price restraint, in turn, lessens the pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to keep overall inflation in check.

15.   The advent of synthesizers has done little to lessen the pressure.

16.   The passage of time and a good public relations campaign, it seems, lessen public pressure for radical political punishment for bad behavior.

17.   There will be more money next year, a transfusion that will lessen pressure to raise taxes or finagle special loans from the International Monetary Fund.

18.   Thus do we now learn that Reno wanted only a short-term bailout to lessen the pressure, not a prosecutor to stick with the case until it was cracked.

19.   When you cut off a faucet, the air in the arrestor acts as a shock absorber, lessening the pressure that is moving the pipes.

20.   Backers of the legislation say it could pay for itself, if sufficient farmers buy coverage to lessen the pressure on Congress to provide disaster assistance each year.