"press" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The union had been pressing since 1966 for equal pay for women performing the same jobs as men.
- Pressing for Legislation Since the mid-60's, the commission has initiated investigations of discrimination in housing, employment and accommodations.
- In fact, Russian advisors had been pressing for an attack on Brunete since the spring of 1937.
- Ms. Bjorklund had been pressing Mr. Foster for his numbers since June.
- Proponents of the ban have been pressing for it since 1995.
- India vigorously pressed, since the start of the 1950s, for the PRC to be included within the UN.
- Secretary General Kofi Annan has been pressing for a higher ceiling on buying equipment since last year.
- The United States has been pressing Japan since the mid-1980's to buy more semiconductors, or computer chips, from American and other foreign manufacturers.
- Those leading the fight, including some of Egypt's most senior jurists, have been pressing the government since 1991 to ensure that judges are free from government pressure.
- Here at Harvard, President Larry Summers has been pressing since 9/11 for the university to build bridges to the military.
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