amount of pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandpressure
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofamountandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A certainamountofpressureto liberalise and move towards market opening is therefore certainly very important for the national railway companies.
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I do not know the answer for certain, but there is an enormousamountofpressurein that direction.
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In these days there is a tremendousamountofpressureupon local authorities to use their land to the fullest possible extent.
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Theamountofpressurestocks that they can fish is already controlled.
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That is totally unacceptable to us and the islanders and noamountofpressurewill induce me to enter into negotiations on that basis.
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There would, naturally, be a certainamountofpressurefrom the public in this matter.
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He is stealing it from them and refusing to give it back, and he can exert a fantasticamountofpressure.
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At that time it was under a substantialamountofpressureto meet the various existing demands which then confronted it.
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They have undermined public confidence and placed an enormousamountofpressureon the people involved.
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We have been put under an intolerableamountofpressure.
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It will put him under a tremendousamountofpressure.
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If allotments can be made popular with the farmers, we can get a very greatamountofpressurefrom the public behind.
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There is the same work to be done, with a greateramountofpressurebrought to bear upon the men.
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I wish, however, that they would put the sameamountofpressureon other people who supply arms and who continually support the rebel régime.
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It took an enormousamountofpressureto get him to allow the new town to do that.
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What worries us is the very small nature of this concession, as well as theamountofpressurethat was required to extract it.
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We try to judge fairly, and we are not subject to an immenseamountofpressure.
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At the other end of the scale, you can have a certainamountofpressure.
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In ordinary times that has been proved, again and again, to be a deterrent to practical legislation, because theamountofpressurerequired is lacking.
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Therefore, because of the pure pressure of numbers, there is a tremendousamountofpressureon the countryside.
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