On the other side, there can be a very serious religious pressure.

But don't count on that happening quickly or effectively without some serious pressure.

There's no sense, as there was in '96, that we should put serious pressure on him to bring home the message.

I mean, there's been a serious back pressure against law enforcement wanting this.

The administration failed to put any serious pressure on Egypt.

But with the city and state facing serious financial pressures, much of the money would have to come from private interests, the officials said.

After serious pressure from a coalition of environmental groups, the Senate agreed to go along.

Such a development would put our prosperity, economic progress and social status under serious pressure.

Their use for fur led to the extinction of one species, and put serious pressure on the other two.

And on two of those four we had serious pressure.