1.   But some warned that the impact of higher mortgage rates on wage negotiations risked increased pressure on prices in the months ahead.

2.   Executives point to increased regulatory pressures as well as scrawny profit Margins on underwriting new state and local government issues.

3.   Once on its own, Nielsen will be under increased pressure to perform.

4.   That has increased pressure to move to a more professional army.

5.   There is increased pressure on Congress to backtrack on some of the welfare cuts imposed last year.

6.   There was increased pressure on North Korea to abandon nuclear arms development.

7.   Many studies attest to the fact that depression is becoming much more common, due to the increased pressures of modern life.

8.   She refused to vacate her post even under increased pressure.

9.   The cessation of the talks prompted speculation that Palestinian moderates would come under increased pressure to abandon their policy of negotiation and resume the armed struggle against Israel.