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He refused to let the £10m transfer fee pressurise him and the only critic he took any notice of was his father.

Darren Bent: 'I remember David Beckham coming up to me. I was shaking' 2011

If the SFA now attempts to pressurise gifted young Scots not to participate in such a life-affirming event then Fifa should investigate its behaviour and ban those officials found guilty.

Another own goal for football's dummies | Kevin McKenna 2011

With Swaziland economically reliant on its powerhouse neighbor, South Africa, the latter is ideally placed to capitalize on this momentum and pressurise Mswati to reform.

Alex Matthews: Will the Despot King of Swaziland Last? Alex Matthews 2010

We get the growth we want by focusing on: creating the right initial conditions (such as low inequality); reducing entry barriers for new, small businesses; setting key prices at appropriate levels (as with carbon production); and adopting stronger transparency mechanisms to allow society to pressurise corporations.

What impact have the global crises had on development thinking? | Lawrence Haddad 2011

He is clear that our current patterns of environmental exploitation are not sustainable, but hopes that a sufficiently conscious public will be able to pressurise its leaders into taking action.

November Books 7) The Pollinators of Eden, by John Boyd nwhyte 2009

Don't pressurise women who don't want to breastfeed but we should start focusing more on those women who do want to and try to help them pull it off and make it more normal for everyone.

Breastfeeding aids child brain development, study finds 2011

This is a "campaign of illegality designed to pressurise EDO to cease its lawful business" and has led to a series of convictions of campaigners, according to the police.

Protester sues police over surveillance database 2012

I guess the powers that be could pressurise local service providers, but if they start cutting off broadband connections willy-nilly, neighbourhood Wi-Fi "theft" will skyrocket.

Brit business secretary promises to punish accused file-sharers' families with Internet disconnection by 2011 - Boing Boing 2009

Searaser uses the rise and fall of a large float to pressurise water, but unlike other wave power technologies does not generate the electricity in the hostile environment of the ocean.

'Bicycle pump' to turn wave power into clean energy 2012

If the SFA now attempts to pressurise gifted young Scots not to participate in such a life-affirming event then Fifa should investigate its behaviour and ban those officials found guilty.

Another own goal for football's dummies | Kevin McKenna 2011