But Austria would not, could not, afford to ignore pressure from her powerful neighbours.

Exhorted by an older sister, Loroupe ignored social pressure to quit running and begin a life of expected domesticity.

"We couldn't ignore public pressure, as represented by the media," he said.

Some administration officials say Israel would ignore American pressure anyway.

The Syrian government may be able to ignore international pressure, and tell itself the failure of the U.N. resolution yesterday constituted some kind of victory.

She glosses over his record of ignoring pressure for democratic reform and jailing opponents.

His regime had ignored international pressure, breached United Nations agreements, obstructed weapons inspectors, even endured four days of bombing in 1998.

In turn, big businesses can exert powerful pressure on their suppliers that might ignore public or government pressure.

In a 1967 referendum, the people of Gibraltar ignored Spanish pressure, and voted overwhelmingly to remain a British dependency.

Unable to ignore the publicity and apparent political pressure, Thompson personally presided over clemency hearings on May 10.