1.   An occasional serious theory and frequent quips have suggested that the sustained pressure in the head works deleterious effects on the brain.

2.   And in the absence of sustained pressure, there is little progress on POW-MIA concerns.

3.   Added to this sustained international pressure is the fact that the annual summit meeting of Commonwealth countries will be in New Zealand in November.

4.   But in the attacking zone, where they are unable to generate any sustained pressure or mount good shots, they skate without authority.

5.   Clinton can force compliance this time with sustained pressure.

6.   Compromises on Jerusalem and the other issues will be painful for both sides, and impossible without sustained pressure and encouragement from Washington.

7.   Defensive play was salty as Ottawa had trouble getting any type of sustained pressure.

8.   However, Chalabi, believing the regime would topple under sustained pressure and counting on American support, went ahead with plans to attack Kirkuk and Mosul.

9.   In this political season, two locutions have come under the sustained pressure of the squeezers.

10.   More American companies are severing ties to Myanmar, while those that keep them are coming under sustained pressure from Burmese activist groups.