political pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandpressure
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Losers tend to generate morepoliticalpressurethan winners.
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He was clearly underpoliticalpressureto inflate.
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The urgent necessity of deficit reduction may facilitate structural reform and cutbacks despitepoliticalpressure.
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During the 1990s, these subsidies have come under domesticpoliticalpressureto be reduced.
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For those trust managers who seek reelection,politicalpressurecould lead to inefficient solutions.
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When social protests create hugepoliticalpressure, the leadership has to slow down the reform process.
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In particular,politicalpressureseems to be a major impediment to revenue collection.
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However, if we do not wait for reform, we may thereby reduce thepoliticalpressureto improve services.
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Strike actions are explicitly designed to exert financial andpoliticalpressureon management to make concessions to the strikers' demands.
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Finding feasible courses of action includes, but is more than, locating which way the vectors ofpoliticalpressureare pushing.
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On the other hand, national grants are relatively versatile, although their reshaping is subject topoliticalpressure.
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In contrast, in the late 1980s the extent and the speed of the reform was a result ofpoliticalpressure.
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He was facing a barrage of accusations of corruption back home, and was under hugepoliticalpressure.
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It was probablypoliticalpressure.
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Mistakes were made because ofpoliticalpressure.
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The workers must exertpoliticalpressure.
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Their salary is immune frompoliticalpressure.
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That was partly due topoliticalpressure.
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He is not subject topoliticalpressure.
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It would be logicalpoliticalpressure.
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Thepoliticalpressureis building up.
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One of those pressures ispoliticalpressure.
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But that is hardlypoliticalpressure.
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We could putpoliticalpressureon them.
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