Others believe the pressure had come from the inside, rather than the outside.
The royal pressure has come from the (arguably) highest ranking of the tsar's living relations, Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova.
If inflation remains stubborn, preventing the Central Bank from cutting interest rates, the government will come under pressure, especially from the PT, to find other ways to boost growth.
Iranian TV has said it expected some of the British sailors would come under pressure from the UK government when they returned home to change their story.
In a statement, Ortak said it had carried out an "exhaustive review of the business", which had come under pressure from the recession and the rising cost of raw materials.
Where did the pressure on Moore come from, to change the story into new characters simply mirroring preexisting ones?
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At Holyrood, the Scottish Conservatives have also come under pressure from Labour and the SNP government, who have used controversial UK government welfare reforms and spending cuts to portray the Tories as uncaring.
Finally, spare a thought for those doctors who are responsible for the care of celebrities in the media spotlight, and who may come under intense pressure from the press or others to disclose confidential information.
So outside pressure will have to come from the two sides' main patrons: Greece and Turkey.
Next month, Mr Osborne may come under pressure from the Parliamentary Commission for Banking Standards he created to break up RBS into such a so-called "good bank" and "bad bank".
An employee who is bright enough to spot a complementarity may not be content with repairing kitchen appliances, so companies will find that some of the pressure to break down occupational barriers will come from the bottom up.
The pressure on Iraq to comply has come from all around the world.
Among other factors, the stock has come under pressure from new that Bernstein Research launched coverage of the stock with an Underperform rating.
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Peter Johnson, a delegate from Bromley in Kent, said it was no coincidence the rise in workplace bullying had come at the same time as the pressure in schools from league tables and Ofsted inspections.
The pressure on Mr Noda to embrace the TPP has largely come from the big-business lobby, Keidanren, whose members have less to lose than their smaller, less globally competitive counterparts.
Mr Abbas has reportedly come under pressure from Western nations including the US to scrap the bid.
Thomas said that Shell was in favor of cap and trade, which has come under pressure from some politicians in the Republican Party.
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She has come under increasing pressure from investors over the company's share price, which has fallen by a third this year, and the deteriorating industrial relations at its platinum operations in South Africa.
The Government has come under increasing pressure from trade unions and Labour backbenchers to help poorer families deal with the rising cost of energy via a one-off tax on the profits of utility companies.
Magilton's position has come under growing pressure from fans unhappy at the club's failure to mount a sustained promotion challenge.
Ordinarily, there should come a point where the pressure from all the radiation emitted by a stellar behemoth pushes back against any further infall of gas and dust.
Where do you think the pressure will now come from?
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Once in office, Mr. Sharif will come under heavy pressure on the issue from a new political force, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which has made opposition to American drones a central theme of its politics.
The U.K. government has come under mounting pressure from business associations and some U.K. lawmakers, angry at the increasingly aggressive rhetoric coming out of Washington.
Asked at the end of the EU summit in Gothenburg, Sweden, whether he had come under any pressure from fellow European leaders to push ahead with British entry into the euro, Mr Blair responded: "No".
Pressure for the Pope to resign has come from liberal Catholics hoping that a successor might relax Church views on contraception, abortion, women's ordination and celibacy.
Effective pressure to end grouse-shooting is likelier to come from the people who live in moorland areas than from anti-shooting city folk.
But perhaps the biggest pressure is likely to come from shareholder ire.
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