Example sentences of "force on [pers pn] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be right to guess that Athens ' ambitious foreign policy of this period , which includes diplomacy with a non-Greek town far in the interior of Sicily ( ML 37 = Fornara 81 , an alliance with Segesta in 457 ) , was forced on her by the need to seek alternative supplies of corn , because her usual overseas sources had for some reason become precarious . |
| 2 | It was a move forced on him by the weakness of the rest and seemed certain to end in failure when Ludwig started his chase with 10 miles left . |
| 3 | He did n't much approve of animal experimentation in the first place , so I 'd guess that it was forced on him by the sponsor . ’ |
| 4 | According to Washington , the president regrets the decision , and says it was forced on him by the intransigence of the Russians . |
| 5 | Mr John Buxton , director of property services , said yesterday the new panel had been forced on them by the rarity of the brick used in the building . |
| 6 | AFRC 's change in direction , forced on it by the government 's withdrawal from ‘ near market ’ research , is allowing it to do more of this exciting fundamental research . |
| 7 | The Leeds said the plan to close 60 of its 481 branches across the country was part of its long-term strategy and had not been forced on it by the housing recession . |
| 8 | Trellis is a useful compromise and you can always pretend it was forced on you by the speed of growth of your climbing rose . |
| 9 | The question of whether or not ‘ In the beginning … ’ is superstition is forced on us by the poem but left unanswered though it appears that to go back beyond Origen would be immensely difficult . |