Example sentences of "has [been] forced [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the past three years every general practitioner in Britain has been forced to waste professional time and scarce resources on unproved and possibly harmful procedures .
2 However given the extent of monopoly ( and oligopoly ) in the NHS , the power of professional groups to win concessions , and the political need to guarantee equality of access the government has been forced to set narrow rules within which competition is allowed .
3 The consequence of this has been that the Coal Board has been forced to borrow substantial sums from the National Loans Fund , and from other sources under Treasury Guarantee , to finance the new and redeveloped capacity considered necessary by the NCB .
4 The popular centre-forward , recently recovered from a back injury , has been forced to watch new Hammers strike partners Clive Allen and Trevor Morley from the sidelines .
5 In Gabon too , President Omar Bongo has been forced to announce political reforms .
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