"We discussed the wicket with the teams who played before us (South Africa and West Indies) and thought that if we made a reasonable total we could exert pressure on Pakistan, " said Vettori.

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Appearing before the assembly's public accounts committee on Tuesday, Mr Sissling agreed with the "realistic and reasonable assessment of the scale of pressure in the NHS".

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This would put pressure on the more reasonable elements in the Iraqi government and its Sunni and Shia communities, as well as on other countries in the region, to try to control sectarian violence and press for compromise.

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New Hampshire's tax phobia even influenced Taxachusetts to the south, where popular pressure has made the Bay State much more reasonable (compared with the rest of the Northeast) in its income tax--which is flat--as well as its property taxes.

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Singer hopes that this will pressure higher-priced private schools to cut their costs to more reasonable rates.

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There might not be much pressure to drill now, with plentiful oil on world markets and reasonable prices.

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Ms Jordan says that, despite pressure, she clung to her belief that the prosecutors failed to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Messrs Kozlowski and Swartz intentionally meant to defraud Tyco or its shareholders.

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As a consequence, the IRS has been under enormous pressure to speed up and aggressively investigate applications for tax-exempt status -- both reasonable demands, if carried out impartially.

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And when the militants last week advanced towards Konna, the northernmost outpost of government control, it seemed reasonable to speculate that the group's wily leader Iyad Ag Ghaly was merely stepping up the pressure in hope of securing extra concessions.

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