Example sentences of "forced into a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At Banbury , they say they found cattle being prodded with unnecessary force , a calf slipping up on a concrete surface and a pig being forced into a pen with a kick . |
2 | When the commission unveiled its tough plans for shaking up the beer industry in March , many industry watchers predicted that Whitbread , forced into a choice between keeping its six breweries or freeing two-thirds of its 6,250 pubs from the obligation to sell its beers , would decide to keep full control of its pubs and pull out of production . |
3 | They were forced into a system of apartheid , driven off the good grazing land up into the mountains . |
4 | Forced into a run chase , Park lost wickets quickly , Brian Coutts finishing them off in the 39th over with three for 19 . |
5 | I 've never liked being forced into a decision . ’ |
6 | In an over-determined upbringing and education , a child or young person can be forced into a way of using their mind antithetical to their own natural bias . |
7 | For example it might be forced into a river , bog or straight through a wall . |
8 | They 're forced into a position of dependence and in fact how do you expect a disabled child to be independent when even their parents are n't ? |
9 | Linguistic posturing of this sort is the extreme reaction of a character in an extreme situation , but it dramatizes rhetorical manoeuvres available to both men and women who are forced into a position of discursive subservience . |
10 | It was only natural that the two artist-writers , Gleizes and Metzinger , should have been the ones who were forced into a position of compromise between the two poles of abstraction and representation . |
11 | But if the Labour move to reverse the opt-out of the social chapter is successful , the Government could be forced into a position of unconstitutionally spending money from the consolidated fund without parliamentary approval . |
12 | She felt an old resentment at being forced into a structure . |
13 | In the loft above the room , police found the woman had sexually assaulted and strangled and her body forced into a suitcase . |
14 | She 'd been sexually assaulted and strangled and her body forced into a suitcase measuring 2 ft 10 by 2 ft 6 . |
15 | THE Prime Minister was forced into a damage limitation exercise yesterday as the row over VAT on fuel bills spiralled out of control . |
16 | On 5 December he received 44.6 per cent of the vote and was forced into a runoff election against Mitterrand , who had come second with 31.7 per cent . |
17 | Their official car , following behind the royals , was stopped and then forced into a police compound . |
18 | One of the victims of an alleged murder attempt has told a court how she was tied up , beaten and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed over a hill . |
19 | It 's alleged the couple were kidnapped and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed off a hill at Barrow Wake in Birdlip . |
20 | There the court heard they were forced into a car which was set alight and pushed over the edge . |
21 | She was grabbed from behind by a man and forced into a car where another man was waiting . |
22 | Those who refused him their recognition were deprived of their lands and forced into a form of internal exile within France , into that area which the Valois ruled . |
23 | ‘ What do you mean , ‘ forced into a situation ’ ? ' |
24 | ‘ Partners who have never seen each other for 10 years may be forced into a situation that could cause stress and rekindle bitter feelings . ’ |
25 | Cordelia , like Coriolanus , is being forced into a ceremony in which she would have to be false to her own nature . |
26 | They were forced into a crisis meeting late on Tuesday after increasing criticism of the way they had allowed their private problems to overshadow their public duties . |
27 | In other words , no one working with a computer should be forced into a straightjacket of usage : IT should liberate rather than restrict , and the best applications are those in which the uses are almost boundless . |
28 | When forced into a debate on the matter by Seamus Mallon of the SDLP and Senator Mary Robinson , the four church representatives , Bishop Cathal Daly , Bishop O'Mahoney , Bishop Cassidy , and Mrs McAleese , retained the right of the church to enter into public debate on the evils of divorce . |
29 | With his latest southern signings , Harry Kenny and Ray Duffy , arriving after the deadline for Europe , Walker could be forced into a comeback himself to make up the numbers . |
30 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |