They're really nothing but a few pieces of carbon, crystallized under high pressure at great heat.

His efforts, under great pressure, have effectively helped advance the cause of justice and the objectives of the Rome Statute.

I work best under pressure.

The bridge crashed under the pressure.

They are not cracking under pressure.

A. Repatriation under pressure or duress

Comes out under pressure, I suppose.

I have been under a lot of pressure lately.

The nuclear non proliferation regime is under huge pressure.

I'm under so much pressure, I just want to cry.

Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)

Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)

Since 2014, due to the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia and drastic fluctuations in the international oil price, the Russian economy has been under great downward pressure.

The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.

TP16 The tank shall be fitted with a special device to prevent under pressure and excess pressure during normal transport conditions.

Under great emotional stress.

Man 2 Never had scientists been put under such pressure and demand.

Criminal justice systems are under increasing pressure to adapt to new conditions.

In current circumstances, when all our national budgets are under great pressure, it is seen as unacceptable that some Member States of the United Nations consistently fail to meet their international obligations.

Muslims around the world have never been under such pressure and intensive scrutiny.

(a) Local governments are under pressure to attract investment and facilitate industrial development

As for the domestic situation, the whole economy is still in the critical stage of adjustment, adjustment labor pains are releasing and the economy is under great pressure, so some indicators are still fluctuating.

I do. Under great emotional stress?

In addition, children may come under pressure from peers who have already been recruited.

The region's multinational population lives under constant pressure from the separatist regime's propaganda and under the surveillance of its security structures.

6.6.4.7.3 Under the circumstances described in 6.6.4.7.1 and 6.6.4.7.2 together with complete fire engulfment the combined capacity of all pressure relief devices installed shall be sufficient to limit the pressure in the shell to the test pressure.

Literally scrambling through what's called pressure ice the ice had been smashed up under the pressure of the currents of the ocean, the wind and the tides.

Governments are also equally under pressure to manage their existing resources more judiciously and expeditiously.

Meaningless under Roman law! Great Caesar himself...

I have lived under four great emperors.

Michel Marcus, Security and Democracy under Pressure from Violence (Strasbourg, France, Council of Europe Publishing, 2003).

Particularly in situations of poverty, companies came under pressure to provide particular social rights to communities.

When agreements are reached, usually under heavy international pressure, they are rarely or only partially respected.

mistakes have had to be corrected in supplementary legislation, often under pressure from an aroused public.

That's just under the GDP of Great Britain.

They are under real pressure from the international community and any two way communication risks their security.

Al Qaida and the Taliban have come under considerable financial pressure as a result of international action.

The application of General Assembly resolution 41 213 and the Financial Regulations had come under severe pressure.

Under this pressure, many editors and reporters apply self censorship so as not to face constant difficulties.

You know, I was under the impression that they were labouring under great emotion.

Sorry, gentlemen. Miss Sherman's been under a great strain.

Go back 200 years when the slave trade was under pressure from William Wilberforce and all the protesters.

In addition, under enormous pressure, concepts such as the responsibility to protect and human security have been included.

These are among the complex circumstances which have contributed to placing asylum, and international law, under severe pressure.

He further assured him that judges did not feel themselves under any pressure in relation to judicial decisions.