Example sentences of "[verb] [be] force [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After complaints from radio bosses Prince has been forced to release TWO versions of his forthcoming album . |
| 4 | The government has been forced to release 100,000 bales of wool from its 4.7m stockpile to cover a shortfall in supplies at auction following a recent surge in consumer demand . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In Gabon too , President Omar Bongo has been forced to announce political reforms . |
| 7 | Unconfirmed reports said that the government had been forced to use 25-30 tonnes of gold from state reserves to finance the purchase of essential supplies since the confiscation of its assets . |
| 8 | The boom would have run out of steam very quickly indeed if capitalists had been forced to find extra employees to operate all the new machines . |
| 9 | At his trial in September 1989 , Suh Kyung-won testified to having been ill-treated during his interrogation and said that he had been forced to make false statements under duress . |
| 10 | Hercules crews from RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire have been forced to stop flying supplies into Sarajevo because of the intensity of the fighting . |
| 11 | Some shops have been forced to take costly measures . |
| 12 | Because the arbitrary pension ages of 60 and 65 have been adopted as customary retirement ages , women have been forced to retire five years earlier than men . |
| 13 | A number of cases exist where companies have been forced to employ new materials and processes outside their normal ( up until then ) field of operation , resulting in a period of component or equipment failures until the company has been able to acquire that necessary working experience . |
| 14 | France have been forced to make late changes . |
| 15 | Costain , Tarmac , John Laing and Higgs & Hill have been forced to make huge provisions and cut their dividends . |