11.   And so the pressure mounts.

12.   And political pressure is mounting to formulate a coherent plan before an increasingly cash-strapped Missouri General Assembly convenes in January.

13.   And the pressure will mount with each game.

14.   As a result, pressure is mounting for some sort of formal denunciation.

15.   As existing colleges reached capacity, pressure would mount to build more.

16.   As stock message boards grow in popularity, pressure is mounting to rid the boards of people who use them to illegally tout stocks and spread false information.

17.   As the negotiations began, pressure was mounting in Albany and Washington for the unions to either settle or face congressional consequences.

18.   As the pressures mount on Pussy, his fantasy life accelerates.

19.   As the Rumsfeld report signifies, pressure is now mounting on the Bush administration to reassess U.S. space policy.

20.   As the United States has already discovered, pressures mount on health care systems, health insurance plans and social security as well as private pensions.