Preposition use

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How is the sentence below correct or not?

"As a result of the pressure on lowering costs, the project was halted."

I'm not sure about "on"?
 
olleyao said:
How is the sentence below correct or not?

"As a result of the pressure on lowering costs, the project was halted."

I'm not sure about "on"?
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I think it would be better written as "As a result of pressure to cut costs..."
 
olleyao said:
[STRIKE]How[/STRIKE] Is the sentence below correct or not?

"As a result of the pressure on lowering costs, the project was halted."

I'm not sure about "on"?
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I agree with bhaisahab, but "to put pressure on" or "there is pressure on" etc do take the preposition "on".
 
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