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But Washington needs to ratchet up the pressure as well.

"The international community is going to continue to ratchet up the pressure."

But it will ratchet up the pressure on the people already in the organisation.

But after the meeting, there was no clear sign that international action would ratchet up.

Seemed like a bad idea to say something that might ratchet up the competition between them.

That can ratchet up the pressure to go the distance.

That would ratchet up the pressure to make the right pick from this college class.

"What we wanted to do was put together an effective way to ratchet up the political pressure," he added.

It would not have been hard to ratchet up the game's difficulty.

He hopes that going public with the case will ratchet up pressure for the decision to be changed.

Earlier this year, officials cut power and telephone service in an effort to ratchet up pressure on the couple.

To add touring and a second home only ratchets up the financial needs.

And when the restaurant isn't as busy, the food does seem to ratchet up in quality.

More workers are being hired as companies ratchet up orders.

The really interesting question, though, is whether this kind of development will further ratchet up the pressure on democratic politicians.

This is the moment to ratchet up the pressure, not dial it back.

Either way, the new investigation could ratchet up pressure for Jackson to step aside.

We really want to ratchet up the amount of information that's available to the public."

Or they could ratchet up the intensity of their ads.

Still, in recent weeks, the administration has persuaded other countries to ratchet up economic pressure on Iran.

I was just saying that to ratchet up the dramatic tension.

I think eventually the language will ratchet up again," he said.

Of course having big hits can ratchet up the enjoyment level.

Some banks, therefore, will be tempted to ratchet up the risk again.

The multilateral forces ratchet up the pressure and watch to see what happens.