Example sentences of "[adv] obliged [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have pleased certain customers ; he was once , as he told me , presented over the grille with some game , which , before accepting , he was naturally obliged to take to the manager 's office . |
| 2 | You are only obliged to pay at the London venue . |
| 3 | There is therefore some doubt as to whether broad clauses of the type that state that the firm is not obliged to disclose to the customer or take into account when acting for him any information known to the firm but unknown to the individual acting for the customer would protect the firm against allegations of non-disclosure , particularly in the case of an inexperienced customer . |
| 4 | But we are not obliged to join in a single currency if we do not want to . |
| 5 | Although the ANAP administration , which held 292 seats in the 450-seat parliament , was not obliged to go to the polls until November 1992 , the party was troubled by internal divisions and waning local electoral support . |
| 6 | The hotel 's owners have made it clear they are not obliged to wait for the outcome of today 's inspection . |
| 7 | The situation of nurses in opted-out trusts is of particular concern , as trusts are not obliged to provide for the education and advancement of their staff . |
| 8 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 9 | He would enjoy it more , though , if he were not obliged to read at the same time , in the rear windows of other cars , crude reminders of a more basic sexuality . |
| 10 | They found themselves no longer obliged to depend on the charity of their neighbours , nor on their own industry for a maintenance . |
| 11 | Delors ' proposals were clearly out of all proportion to that figure , and he was soon obliged to retreat with a lame explanation that he had been ‘ arguing from the absurd to show what it would cost to achieve such a goal ’ . |
| 12 | Subsequently , although a civilian , the German conscript was still obliged to serve in the Regular Reserve for four or five years , according to his arm . |
| 13 | Also , like the liquidator , the administrative receiver can compel those involved in the affairs of the company to provide him with information relating to the company 's affairs and is also obliged to report to the Secretary of State if he forms the opinion that the conduct of a director makes him unfit to act as a director of a company . |
| 14 | Until the manufacturers are encouraged or legally obliged to indicate on the outside of the container whether or not contents are IOC approved people will continue to take banned substances in error . |
| 15 | This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price . |
| 16 | This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price . |
| 17 | Unless it 's a special offer , companies are n't obliged to stick to the prices they display in their ads . |
| 18 | Unless it 's a special offer , companies are n't obliged to stick to the prices they display in their ads . |
| 19 | But skipper was then obliged to sail to a mark to fulfil a penalty imposed by the race officials for taking on a new sail in Hobart to replace one lost during the second leg . |
| 20 | Libel plaintiffs are virtually obliged to go into the witness box , where they may be cross-examined in detail about matters relevant to their reputations . |
| 21 | A librarian whose shelves are full is therefore obliged to weed at a rate which is precisely equal to that of his new accessions . |