Sentences with phrase «substantial pressure»

Teachers in low - performing schools faced substantial pressure to raise test scores, and all teachers faced the challenge of improving the achievement of their lowest - performing students.

There is already substantial pressure in the marketplace, with businesses cutting back their legal spend and clients demanding flat fees and more predictable pricing across the board.

But, in addition to the tough times stripping people of their jobs, you're now seeing Wall Street's woes put substantial pressure on people's savings (what little they may have).

The expansion is putting substantial pressure on recruitment.

Since students are under substantial pressure in the examination - oriented education system, it is of great importance to measure study maladaptation, which is a significant and unique source of distress among Chinese adolescents.

Rejecting an inquiry into the «theological merit» of the religious beliefs, the majority ruled, «Our only task is to determine whether the claimant's belief is sincere, and if so, whether the government has applied substantial pressure on the claimant to violate that belief.»

But with veteran teachers up in arms over the shaft they received last year, lawmakers are facing substantial pressure to level the playing field and reward the teachers who have invested considerable time and training into their careers with higher salaries.

Though padded, the headband puts substantial pressure on the top of my head, and the ear pads clamp tightly on each side.

The process of preparing their edTPA portfolios exacerbates the substantial pressure experienced by student teachers.

He said CC's clients are «under substantial pressure to reduce legal spend», adding: «At the same time, they need more support to manage the increasing risks and complex issues that their companies are facing.»

For these reasons there is substantial pressure on them to sell some of their assets.112 It is worth noting that LALCs across New South Wales do not have equal access to land that can be sold to benefit their members.

It is perhaps even more critical to highlight whether investment in the promotion of mental health and well - being might represent good value for money and help avoid future costs of poor mental health during the current austere climate when health and other public sector budgets are under substantial pressure, and when mental health promotion may not be seen as a high priority for policy makers (McDaid and Knapp, 2010).

At the same time, the valuation takes into account the substantial pressures and uncertainties facing the residential real estate markets that may well continue for some time.