Officials say the Secretary General is pressing the two sides to agree to a limited package of measures that would inch the peace process forward.

She refuses; the other passengers want to get going, and press her to agree.

Pakistan is pressing for Afghanistan's political groupings to agree on a coalition government at the same time a peace settlement is signed.

The Socialists pressed the Liberal Democrats to agree to a modest increase in military spending next year, a 0.9 percent rise from this year.

The Riyadh summit meeting is expected to press Teheran to agree to the United Nations blueprint for an end to the war.

Flynn was indefatigable and pressed Russ to agree to take samples from the stable and burnt bunkhouse before they stopped for the day.

In that way his masters would have learnt all about the New Look and his resolve to press the Cabinet to agree to its adoption.

It could be this same urge for abandon that pressed him to agree with Troi.

He pressed her to agree that it was finished between them, but she merely shrugged.

Egypt, too, has been pressing Mr. Mashal to agree to a truce.