excessive pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexcessiveandpressure
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excessive
adjective
uk/ekˈses.ɪv/us/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is thereexcessivepressureon primary care health professionals to undertake the dual role of research and service commitment?
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The first arises fromexcessivepressureof the home market.
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That does not suggest overcrowding orexcessivepressureon resources.
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Selective fishing can putexcessivepressureon lightly infected stocks (age classes) and, ultimately, it would be necessary to exploit wormy fish again.
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We have heard this evening a story of frightful exploitation resulting fromexcessivepressureof population.
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It is therefore nonsense to suggest that there isexcessivepressureof demand.
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There wasexcessivepressureon the police and standards of security were falling.
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Then there isexcessivepressureon demand and more trouble with balance of payments.
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They have suggested that without a registered rent tenants will be subject toexcessivepressure.
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Work to restore power and to ventexcessivepressurecontinued.
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Bursitis is commonly caused by repetitive movement andexcessivepressure.
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That fact, the existence of thatexcessivepressure, is not seriously denied by anyone who has knowledge of the facts.
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That would redistribute our population and obviate some of the injustices and social evils created byexcessivepressureon land.
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The first was to relieveexcessivepressureon demand and the second was to prevent that pressure building up again.
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One needs moderation in pay settlements to avoidexcessivepressurefalling on monetary and fiscal policy alike.
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They were taken to curb inflationary tendencies andexcessivepressureof demand at home, and to leave capacity for exports.
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We shall lose no opportunity of extending the policy of relieving theexcessivepressurewhich has been created.
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There is ample evidence ofexcessivepressurebeing exercised during recruitment, usually on the young, the lonely and the vulnerable.
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We obviously need to ensure that there will always be sustainable development and, come what may, agreements which remain bilateral must not exertexcessivepressure.
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Amongst those defects one which stands out is theexcessivepressureboth upon general practitioners and upon the out-patient departments of our hospitals.
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First, there is little doubt that in the early months of this year our economy had moved into a phase ofexcessivepressureon demand.
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He goes on to say that there has beenexcessivepressureto grant applications that in effect have no merit whatsoever.
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Nor, in view of the current level of activity, can the continuing rapid pace of inflation be attributed to anexcessivepressureof demand.
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There is a very real risk thatexcessivepressureon vulnerable, energy-intensive industries could lead to a loosening of the overall cap.
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In a number of those countries there is already a high level of employment and some risk ofexcessivepressureof demand on resources.
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