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I applied more pressure to the back of his hand despite my pain.

Now she had hold of his head and was applying pressure.

It's a matter of using your hands to apply pressure.

In other cases, political, economic and limited military pressure may be applied.

All we can do it seems is to keep on applying pressure in the hope the Government will have change of heart,' he said.

Most don't have time to apply political pressure on the schools and the mayor.

This would give the country a significant means of applying pressure.

There is also a certain amount of pressure being applied by the university administration.

Nor is it clear exactly how the pressure was applied.

But be careful not to apply too much pressure to the body.