21.   Parents believe that pressure from city hall could force an end to the stalemate with the school board.

22.   Pressure from civic groups convinced him that the redrafting was necessary.

23.   Succumbing to pressure from the chemical industry, Governor Blakely amended the regulations.

24.   The announcement of a ceasefire came after intense diplomatic pressure from the US.

25.   The girl was put under intense pressure from prosecutors to carry forward her accusation.

26.   The Government refuses to hold a national poll despite pressure from its own backbenchers and senior party figures.

27.   The governors, nevertheless, bowed to pressure from Republican congressional leaders not to call for reopening welfare legislation for major changes.

28.   The moderate socialist and trade-union leadership which had established itself since the late nineteenth century came under severe pressure from below.

29.   The more militant and threatening the pressure from below, the more vigorously the propertied classes supported repressive measures.

30.   The new Prime Minister has already come under pressure from the opposition to call an election.