Example sentences of "forced [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have accepted the offer and the position has been suitably documented , you will hardly ever be able to persuade a court or tribunal to upset it unless you can convince them that you were forced to agree as a result of economic duress . |
| 2 | ‘ Un pezzo di cielo caduto in terra ’ — a little piece of heaven fallen on earth — is how the Neapolitans describe it — perhaps they are biased but , having sampled its delights , we think you 'll be forced to agree with every word . |
| 3 | Madame indicated the preferred style from a set of drawings in a folder and Ellie , attached as she was to her mane of dark hair , was forced to agree how chic the chosen style was . |
| 4 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 5 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 6 | The Doctor was forced to agree . |
| 7 | The way he said it , it was as if he was only lending it to her in order to have her bring it back again , but she was forced to agree . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , she had been forced to agree with Geoffrey , her vicar , when , after a local deanery chapter meeting , he 'd said that a stranger might be forgiven for supposing that the Church of England in south London was staffed by middle-aged ex-lorry drivers , recruited via the Southwark Ordination Course , plus a sprinkling of very young men who had found their accountancy examinations too arduous . |
| 9 | She continued angrily , ‘ I was forced to agree to this marriage just as much as you were . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , Congress was forced to agree to a constitutional referendum in April which threatened to curtail its powers . |
| 11 | To keep the GPRA at the table , de Gaulle was forced to agree to a series of major concessions on points that he had long proclaimed non- negotiable : to negotiate solely with the FLN ; to drop the demand for a cease-fire before negotiations could get under way ; and to give up the Sahara to the embryonic Algerian republic . |
| 12 | Ethel May was well known and well liked , which stood her well when she was forced to support the family single-handedly , by opening a beauty shop in her own home . |
| 13 | In Britain where there has been a continuing decline in the birthrate this century , politicians who talk about the ‘ burden ’ of old age reveal their concern that a smaller working population will be forced to support a growing number of retired people . |
| 14 | The dilemma of being forced to support a British government which was hated , against a German government which was hated even more , was not resolved by the formal declaration of war on 3 September 1939 . |
| 15 | But despite being forced to reshuffle their defence so early , Tranmere held out manfully with goalkeeper-skipper Eric Nixon making a string of fine saves . |
| 16 | In February 1991 Mahathir was forced to reshuffle his Cabinet after the Finance Minister , Daim Zainuddin , resigned from politics . |
| 17 | The Plain , a goal ahead in the tenth minute through Colin Milburn , were forced to reshuffle their line-up following an injury to Peter McCusker . |
| 18 | Thompson was forced to reshuffle his side because of injuries , work commitments and one player missing the team bus and indeed the manager had to name himself as one of the substitutes . |
| 19 | Passers-by sneak Beejay sympathetic smiles as he is forced to contend with this additional assault on his ears . |
| 20 | In the aftermath of the Cuban revolution , the Communists , forced to contend with Castroite , Maoist and Trotskyist dissenters , all of whom advocated armed struggle , were at times uncertain how to respond to the rise of guerrilla activity in their own countries . |
| 21 | The government got wise , started its own lotteries , and the bicheiros were ‘ forced to diversify ’ , says Alba Zaluar , a local sociologist . |
| 22 | Had a good innings It looks as though Ian Butcher may be forced to retire because of injury at the age of 226 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
| 25 | Senna , forced to retire after 17 laps with electrical problems which caused his engine to cut out , had nothing to say . |
| 26 | Harrison , who was 17 when he went to Anfield for £250,000 in 1985 , did not play a senior match and was forced to retire because of a knee ligament injury . |
| 27 | The teenager who can not find a job , the young mother with no one but toddlers to talk to , the active man forced to retire because of age regulations , the person who spends day after day doing the same repetitive work — all these people , and many others , may suffer from extreme boredom . |
| 28 | It also occurs when people who want to go on working are forced to retire because of their age or because of stereotyped assumptions based on age . |
| 29 | Some women who started work after their children had grown up felt the need to continue working in order to obtain a reasonable pension on retirement , yet they were forced to retire at 60 , because that is the age when they become entitled to a state and/or occupational pension . |
| 30 | Sadly , the forty-five-year-old 's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath . |