However, it was under pressure from above to ensure PCTs signed up to the scheme.
Indeed, on the contrary, it may increase the pressure to be above criticism.
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We've got to keep there but we've got to put some pressure on those above us and try and close that gap if we can.
As the ages passed, the pressure of layers above and heat from inside the earth broke down and reassembled these simple plants and animals into chains of carbon atoms bristling with hydrogen.
Fact is, Republican leaders become less significant with every passing year because they have no way of reversing the intellectual trends from above or the popular pressure from below.
That will require the pressure and cajolery of outsiders, and above all of the Americans.
Denmark has the highest total tax pressure in the world and is towering far above the European average.
Cadillac is also stepping forward with a dead-cool, iPhone-like capacitive-touch cockpit based around a large screen in the central console, situated above a set of artfully designed pressure switches for audio and climate that restate graphically the Cadillac chevron.
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It is still holding above the March lows, suggesting selling pressure has lessened.
They can still grow organically, but if their share of domestic deposits rises much above 10% they may come under pressure to call a halt.
They adjust the temperature and pressure of the mix to mimic conditions at various heights above sea level.
Add this to the fact that there is claimed to be a deficit of new gold mined above consumption, gold should enjoy upward price pressure, with or without runaway inflation.
This, in turn, would put even more pressure on those airlines which have managed to keep their heads above a sea of red ink.
If we bounce quickly and get back above 1368-1370, it should relieve the morning pressure.
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Passenger Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said that, "after years of above-inflation fare rises, fresh increases are piling pressure on already high fares".
Storm surges have the potential to be dangerous because they involve a great upwelling of a stretch of ocean - intense low pressure at the heart of a storm literally tugs the sea surface above its normal level to create a massive bulge.
In addition to putting further pressure on U.S. home prices, the unemployment rate will also rise above 11.0%, they projected.
Defeat to a team that is hovering just above the Championship's relegation zone on goal difference will surely increase the pressure on City manager Mark Hughes.
As the pressure builds up in these bubbles, they expand and rip the thin layer of silicon above them away from the rest of the wafer.
By contrast, Germany and the Netherlands actively encourage those above a certain income bracket to opt out of state-financing arrangements, to take pressure off the public service.
As sea level rises, the weight on one end increases, causing the plank to bend so pressure goes up at the end but down in the middle where the plank bends upward (see sketch above).
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But a C grade or above in GCSE English is also a key element on which national league tables are based, increasing pressure on teachers to ensure their students get the best results possible.
"What we need to see is action from the government and more pressure on... these very big lazy companies who think it's OK to clobber people with above-inflation price rises at the very time when they can least afford it, " he said.
Since Paul Volcker ratcheted U.S. interest rates above 20% in the early 1980s to pound inflation below 10%, governments have kept up the pressure on prices.
Significantly, non-food manufactured products inflation, an indicator of demand side pressure, rose sharply from 4.8% in January to 6% in February and continues to stay well above its medium-term trend.
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