Example sentences of "obliged [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus although the Bank of England has been obliged to restore the amount of cash it had withdrawn from the system , there has been an equal and opposite decrease in bills plus money at call held by the banks . |
| 2 | I was therefore obliged to monitor the line ferret 's progress and his approximate position by the way in which he progressed along the burrow from the moment he was introduced . |
| 3 | In case of an indefinite postponement due to bereavement : Owing to the recent death of Mr Arthur Smith , Mr and Mrs Charles Brown deeply regret that they are obliged to cancel the invitations to the marriage of their daughter Jennifer to Mr John Smith on … |
| 4 | Cancellation because the wedding is to take place quietly : Owing to the recent death of her husband , Mrs Charles Brown regrets that she is obliged to cancel the invitation to the marriage of her daughter Jennifer to Mr John Smith , which will now take place quietly on 5th July 1992 . |
| 5 | You could also spot the widows then , for they were obliged to wear the initials of the duchess 's daughter on their breasts ; no initials , no charity . |
| 6 | There would be 17 ministers , who would each " be obliged to stimulate the privatization of his sector " . |
| 7 | The Commission announced in October that as from early 1990 banks would be obliged to report the use of these reserves to cover an annual loss , and to disclose any allocations to profits above a certain level . |
| 8 | The registrar could be obliged to report the matter to one party when there appears to be some irregularity between the registered sex and the appearance of the other party . |
| 9 | Had she insisted on the couple marrying in the village church she would have been obliged to attend the ceremony . |
| 10 | The opposition Social Democrats refused to support the package , however , and the Riksbank ( the central bank ) was obliged to float the krona on the exchange markets , resulting in an effective 9 per cent devaluation [ see also p. 39206 ] . |
| 11 | Following the threat of a national rail strike , Schimberni was obliged to suspend the proposal , which envisaged cutting 29,000 jobs , and to enter into discussions with the labour organizations . |
| 12 | In the case of a sentence of six months or less , with certain exceptions such as where the offence involved violence , the possession of firearms , explosives or offensive weapons , or indecent conduct with a person aged under sixteen , the court was obliged to suspend the sentence . |
| 13 | The Board is obliged to publicise the escrow account the balance of which is paid to the person if he or she is not convicted or at the end of the five year period . |
| 14 | The money ran out before the scheme 's completion , and the villagers found themselves obliged to borrow the rest . |
| 15 | The Tenant shall not assign underlet charge or otherwise deal in any way with the benefit of this agreement in whole or in part and the Landlord shall not be obliged to grant the Lease to any person other than the Tenant This is not acceptable and must at least be qualified to allow the tenant to mortgage or charge the premises which might be vital to the tenant to fund the tenant 's works or its business in general . |
| 16 | According to Levi these " understandings " included the following : ( i ) Israel would not be obliged to accept the principle of " land for peace " ; ( ii ) the conference would have no power to make decisions and would not be used as a forum for appeal or discussion ; ( iii ) negotiations would be direct and without preconditions and would be aimed at a peace treaty ; ( iv ) the PLO would not be a partner to the process and the Palestinians would be represented by a joint delegation with Jordan ; ( v ) the UN observer at the conference would be silent and would be a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar ; ( vi ) a representative of the European Communities ( EC ) would attend the opening session of the conference ; ( vii ) the USA would not allow a parallel conference to take place in the UN Security Council ; and ( viii ) the Soviet Union would renew full diplomatic ties with Israel before the start of a conference . |
| 17 | But without the possibility of the voyage he will be obliged to accept the meaninglessness of life . |
| 18 | The chairman pointed out that ‘ nobody is obliged to accept the contract but , if you do n't , they you will have to take your own rubbish to the tip in Alton . ’ |
| 19 | Yet even in 1360 the French royal council did not feel weak enough to be obliged to accept the terms ceded by the captive king in London . |
| 20 | Firstly , the growth of corporate enterprise falsified the theory that in any given industry there were numerous small firms so that each firm had no market power but was obliged to accept the market price for its products . |
| 21 | The result is , as we have seen , a tendency towards a teacher-dominated style of interaction , in which children are placed in the passive role of respondents , obliged to accept the teacher 's definition of what is considered relevant . |
| 22 | But , whatever its theoretical explanation , the habituation procedure has direct behavioural consequences and their role needs to be considered before we are obliged to accept the suggestion that latent inhibition implies the operation of mechanisms other than those involved in habituation . |
| 23 | the yard automatically became obliged to increase the return letter of credit pro tanto and were therefore doing no more than undertaking in this respect to fulfil their existing contractual duty . |
| 24 | Estate agents are obliged to inform the conveyancer whether they are holding any money as stakeholder . |
| 25 | In certain cases the head teacher is obliged to inform the LEA of his decision and the reasons for it . |
| 26 | He was often obliged to pull the wheel from his employer 's hands or cry out ‘ Brake , sir ! ’ and ‘ Stop ! |
| 27 | He was often obliged to pull the wheel from his employer 's hands or cry out ‘ brake , sir ! ’ and ‘ Stop ! |
| 28 | In the end each successive British government was obliged to trust the Americans , and to hope that circumstances would not arise when it disagreed with American policy . |
| 29 | Others were not so favoured , and were obliged to meet the costs of the knighting ceremony and the provision of horses and equipment themselves . |
| 30 | Ship captains are obliged to report all major pollutant leakages , and ship owners will be obliged to meet the costs of clean-up operations under the " polluter pays " principle . |