increased pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandpressure
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Population growth hasincreasedpressureon the arable land.
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This isincreasedpressureresulting from the growth of commercial shipping.
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Theincreasedpressureon the front of the piston now causes it to decelerate.
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Only a handful of marines actually went ashore, but the deploymentincreasedpressureon the parties.
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Increasedpressurefrom imported shoes is the major challenge the sector is currently facing.
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Increasedpressuregradients and increased shear of the toroidal velocity have sometimes been observed.
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It bringsincreasedpressureto bear on other institutions and organisations, such as trade unions to introduce similar measures.
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Declining yields from older cocoa trees andincreasedpressureon over-exploited forest land dictated these movements.
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Other reasons may have been the lack of resources and theincreasedpressureon the primary health care system.
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He proposes that the rise of nationalist agitation offered opportunities for puttingincreasedpressureon the colonial government.
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Increasedpressureplays an important role in dissolving rockforming minerals (carbonates) and redistribution of fluid into open fractures.
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All these forces contribute toincreasedpressureon the environment and raise the ecological vulnerability of marginalized herders.
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Increasedpressureto cut void rates will have encouraged authorities to place greater emphasis on minimising offer refusal rates.
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Thus,increasedpressurewas put on the less economically independent and tenant farmers, and powers of the elite were extended.
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There isincreasedpressureon small businesses.
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Increasedpressurefalls on that department.
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That hasincreasedpressureon the village shop.
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Note today theincreasedpressurefor greater protection for textiles.
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I do not agree that there is anyincreasedpressure.
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Globalisation hasincreasedpressureon various parts of the sector.
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Both these events occasionedincreasedpressureon our raw materials.
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We are acutely aware of theincreasedpressure.
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There has beenincreasedpressureon social services.
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Possibly theincreasedpressureamplitudes and the greater depth of modified flow arise from the increased effective rigidity of the turbulent fluid.
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