Sentences with phrase «by cracking under pressure»

Sure, contestants sometimes form noble alliances, and the occasional romance blossoms, but the behavior that viewers talk about the next day at the water cooler invariably involves contestants behaving maliciously or embarrassing themselves by cracking under pressure.

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The head of Denmark's central bank has warned that the Danish krone is coming under intense pressure from investors seeking a haven in Europe and betting that the currency's peg to the euro could be cracked by the crisis.

Under pressure, even serious defenders would crack with some fanciful effort by the opposition.

Given the heavy pressure that the aviation industry has been under to reform its ways - its annual emissions, around 650m tons, (almost) pale by comparison - it seems only fair, and necessary, that governments start cracking down on the shipping industry as well.

Gas wells are punched deep into the earth; layers of rock are then «cracked» by injecting sand - and chemical - filled water under great pressure - the so - called «fracing» process - allowing natural gas to escape to the surface via well head, and so it is feared, allowing contaminants from fracing fluids to move into nearby water wells.

The collection agency is paid by the call or letter, providing more motivation for them to contact you as much as possible until you crack under the pressure to pay the debt.