Example sentences of "force [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEFENDER Terry Butcher swallowed up Luton 's attack — then confessed he could be forced to retire in the next few weeks . |
| 2 | Sadly , the 1954 season saw Richards forced to retire from the saddle by injury ; so the 1953 Derby was his last ride in the race as well as his first victory in it . |
| 3 | Jimmy continued with the Palace after the War , but he was hurt in a London Challenge Cup-tie and was forced to retire from the game shortly afterwards . |
| 4 | He was forced to retire from the race with a split oil tank while in the lead . |
| 5 | Anderson has been forced to retire from the game through injury after ten years ' loyal service at St.James 's Park . |
| 6 | As might have been expected from his career , he outstayed his welcome and had to be forced to retire from the post — a position previously rewarded with a peerage , but which for him only merited a knighthood . |
| 7 | However , under a series of major constitutional amendments introduced in April 1991 , all " senior parliamentarians " would be forced to retire by the end of the year [ see p. 38146 ] . |
| 8 | All " senior parliamentarians " ( i.e. those elected to mainland seats in the 1940s ) would be forced to retire before the election of a new 327-member National Assembly in late 1991 . |
| 9 | On a recent occasion , he was forced to shop in the local supermarket unaccompanied by his lovely wife Mary , who was keeping their children quiet by the exciting new pindown method . |
| 10 | In almost all cases , relatives were not officially informed of the executions and were forced to search for the victims ' bodies in mass graves . |
| 11 | However , Palestinians were forced to remain within the occupied territories so that the majority were effectively barred from their jobs in Israel . |
| 12 | In choices of means , I may pay severely for failing to recognize the equality of personal as of spatial and temporal viewpoints , if for example I lose awareness of the fact that a competitor 's need and determination is as great as mine ; but in choosing between our ends , nothing compels me to feel the pull of his inclination equally with mine , other than a recognition that it is illogical to shut my eyes in one case to what I am forced to acknowledge in the other . |
| 13 | An alliance of northeastern domains led by Aizu had been forced to capitulate by the end of the year , and much of the country was little affected by the civil war . |
| 14 | Geoff was a sturdy wing-half with a refinement and vision of play which were perhaps a little too sophisticated for the Palace teams of his day , where we were forced to perform in the hurly-burly of the old 3rd Division South , and in the end his career was finished by a nasty knee injury sustained in mid-1952–53 . |
| 15 | My belayer has a leg span at least 18 inches wider than mine , so I was forced to cling to the merely vertical left wall . |
| 16 | The book is said to mention a letter from the Duke of Edinburgh to the princess , warning her to toe the line , and claims the princess was forced to go on the present tour as a publicity stunt to demonstrate the couple 's unity . |
| 17 | There was a little food left over from yesterday , so she managed to achieve a meagre lunch ; but in the afternoon she was forced to go to the village again to buy some provisions . |
| 18 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 19 | She had been forced to go to the Refuge . |
| 20 | His task was made easier when Marcel Albers , the second-placed Dutchman , after setting the fastest lap , was forced to go into the pit with electrical problems . |
| 21 | Mr Lamont was therefore forced to go outside the hotel to meet them . |
| 22 | Often , too , the teacher trammels the pupils too much within particular boundaries so that they are forced to go in the teacher 's direction and not their own . |
| 23 | Programs that are forced to wait for the processor have their priorities raised over time to ensure that they are not denied resource indefinitely . |
| 24 | My next bout of health problems prevented me from continuing this search , and I was forced to wait for the weather to become a little sunnier before taking the risk of venturing out . |
| 25 | On the other hand , his political opponents suffered too : Lord Lytton 's speech was so bad that many people had great difficulty in understanding him , and because his deafness did not allow him to take part in debates , everyone was often forced to wait until the next day for any reply from Lord Lytton because he would insist on reading what had been said in Hansard , the Parliamentary publication , before making his own speech . |
| 26 | The wise old heads believe that they would have prevailed and that he would have been forced to wait until the spring . |
| 27 | On reaching the entrance it was obvious that there was no safe way into the harbour so the coxswain was forced to continue along the coast to Burnmouth . |
| 28 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 29 | Is not it about time that the Government stopped this practice of recruiting and exploiting young people who are deemed not old enough to cast a vote but in some cases are being forced to continue in the Army and can be put into armed combat , as they were during the Gulf war ? |
| 30 | But from now on underwriters will be able to take on risks in any sector and brokers will no longer be forced to traipse around the market to place different strands of business with individual underwriters . |