persistent pressure

collocation in English

meaningsofpersistentandpressure

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persistent
adjective
uk
/pəˈsɪs.tənt/us
/pɚˈsɪs.tənt/
lasting for a long time or difficult to get ...
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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofpersistentandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is also counteracted by thepersistentpressureon both businesses and private people to economise in their use of high-cost labour.
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Why, after thispersistentpressure, have they decided, after first giving us two hours, to save their face by giving us the whole day?
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It is a silence in the face ofpersistentpressurefrom us.
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This programme will not be carried out during the next five years unless we have both steady andpersistentpressurefrom above, and steady andpersistentpressureof public opinion.
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There ispersistentpressureon the pound.
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I do not think that we should shirk the consequences when the full use of resources and manpower create apersistentpressurewhich results in inflation.
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I recognise that there ispersistentpressurefor such a limit from the industry; and that even consumer bodies are not unanimous about our current proposals.
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In some cases,persistentpressurefrom activities like bicycling may cause the onset of coccyx pain.
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Reservists take part in overseas exercises regularly and there ispersistentpressureon units to improve their operational readiness.
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Arkwright longs to marry her, but she resists his persistent pressures.
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