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Pressure is piled on the Bank of England, which responds with a rapid succession of interest rate cuts, lowering the base rate to just 2%.

"Can't stand to be in the city myself. Breaks me out in a sweat. People piled on top of each other like Japanese beetles on a cherry leaf. "

TEPCO cannot see whether these have been the site of any sort of meltdown, because there is too much debris piled on top.

When the pressure drops, the pipes suck in the matter piled on top.

In the lead-up to the financial crisis, certain banks piled on too much debt and exposed themselves to excessive risk.

Taxis and vans with suitcases piled on the roofs jockeyed for a better place in line.

Piled on a table were departmental funding requests that amounted to more than half again as much as money would be available.

Long lines of cars and buses, with luggage piled on the roof, are filtering out of Sana'a and into the mountains that surround it.

Earlier, bodies white with dust could be seen piled on theback of a pick-up truck as vehicles tried to ferry the injured to hospital.

The bottom line is that the swine flu crisis is two emergent problems piled on top of one another.

Finally stop at Terra Breads , with its different nut and herb breads piled on top of each other.

Hertha piled on the pressure and deservedly equalised; that moment was the turning point and we could see that the team was back again.

While I've piled on the praise for his creation, please be aware of the following: firstly, Blueberry Garden will not be for everyone.

Marie had piled on the pounds after her mum tragically died in her arms from a heart attack.

AIG set the tone for the day, and then everybody kind of piled on. I definitely think people are more worried about the financial crisis.

When he was telling us about his cold , he really piled on the agony just to gain our sympathy .

In a landmark building on the left before the computer sales department, a number of steel and fire extinguishers piled on the ground.

So new lending institutions and new types of farm loans are piled on top of each other by the legislature.

Everyone has piled on: the state news media, including CCTV and Xinhua, celebrity sports bloggers, even other athletes and coaches.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

There, n the west, lie the answer----cloud has piled on cloud to form a ridge of mammoth white towers, rearing against blue sky.

The migrant workers piled on criminals in his seat, and the button down migrants have struggled, against.

A cloud-based website starts off cheaper than in-house servers but quickly becomes more expensive as data-transfer charges are piled on.

By Dubai's old creek, wide- bottomed dhows, moored four abreast, are hidden by the cargo piled on the wharf.

Think unnecessary motion of managers searching for documents amidst the masses of paper piled on their desks.

Also, many of the portfolio companies are struggling under heavy debt loads piled on by the private equity firms.

There was a table with odds and ends piled on it.

These political difficulties are piled on top of cultural difficulties.

The huge expectations piled on a Chinese Nobel laureate will be something Mo Yan just can't shake off.

Bodies of children were piled on the sidewalk across the street.

PILES OF BILLS: Budget bills are piled on legislators' desks in the Assembly in Albany, NY, on Monday.

It's ugly, wet, and cold with sleet and rain all piled on top of each other. Wet socks.

Overweight since childhood, Zoe piled on the pounds after scoffing bread, crisps and other fatty food.

In the aftermath, the area was drenched in water with clothes and shoes piled on the bridge.

All the books to be read next term are piled on the table. What a busy term!

So he turned himself into an art machine, piled on assistants to finish off work, and became very rich.

Austerity piled on austerity will simply kill the patient.

At first I kept my work papers piled on the bedroom floor and used a little computer desk on rollers.

For the Chinese toy industry, product-safety concerns have piled on top of other challenges.

In Vietnam, illusions piled on illusions.

Other grain was piled on the ground where it quickly rotted .

My husband piled on a lot of pounds over the holiday.

2`Your kids have already taken too much pressure. When more is piled on. it is just too much.

Buildings are on fire and massive debris has piled on roads.

Praises were piled on him after the game.

a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.

When the bus arrived, all the passengers piled on.

The bus stopped and the waiting crowd piled on .

Since its launch in December 2003, delay has piled on delay.

This is the excuse I gave myself for the mountain of papers, knickknacks, and San Pellegrino bottles normally piled on my desk at work.

Honors were piled on Jim Thrope after the Olympic Games.

Plates and dishes were piled on the table.

The weight just piled on while I was abroad.

A large pile of kneaded dough is piled on one sides of the table and the empty metal pans are another side.

So much earth was piled on it that, even today, we have to walk down about 20 feet (6 m) to come to the level of the temple floor

Go to the library to take a lot of books, piled on the desk, to have a kind of fantasy fulfillment.

As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life

Old scores and new; new hatred piled on old

Self-assigned task piled on the desk of good works,