Example sentences of "force into [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In 1986 there was a major debate about whether Westland Helicopters should be allowed to merge with the US helicopter giant Sikorsky , or whether it should be forced into a European partnership .
2 The world-affirming person should not be forced into a world-renouncing spirituality , nor someone who is basically a thinker into an affective spirituality .
3 She does not want of be forced into a legal structure dominated by her .
4 I mean , you are practically forced into a close encounter , and nobody could miss the electricity between the two of you .
5 Publishers found themselves forced into a downward spiral of competitive explicitness , and formed a bizarre trade association , drawing up voluntary guidelines to avoid continually courting prosecution .
6 The Sandinistas were forced into a temporary retreat but returned later with reinforcements to do battle in the streets .
7 Public enterprises have been forced into a greater orientation to the market by increasing exposure to competition and a relaxation of their statutory monopolies : a strategy used most notably by the post-1979 Conservative government in Britain .
8 Lamont may resign today — despite Downing Street denials — after being forced into a humiliating withdrawal from Europe 's Exchange Rate Mechanism , leaving the pound to float .
9 Yet this is the same Chancellor who was forced into a humiliating climbdown on his economic policies a mere three months ago .
10 Feelings ran high but it was n't like the drama of last year when the government were forced into a humiliating review of their pit closure programme .
11 In the face of societal indifference — followed by outright hostility — we were forced into a frantic effort to meet the needs of those who were ill .
12 France was pushed to the same position in part because of the above considerations , and in part as a consequence of the French presidential election of 1965 in which de Gaulle , because he failed to win an absolute majority and was forced into a second run-off election against his nearest contender , suffered a not inconsiderable loss of prestige .
13 When they quit licensed dealers or are shunted out at around the age of thirty upwards , just when they start to crave job security , they are forced into a hostile world .
14 In an attempt to eliminate what we know is stupid , we are often forced into a bureaucratic game through which we hope to define our expectations and the rules of the game so that emotions will be controlled and rationality will triumph .
15 It also recognizes that occasionally the ruling class is forced into a tactical retreat by organized subordinate groups , and the resulting shifts in criminal law enshrine a broader spectrum of interests .
16 The theory is that if the players can not be persuaded to give the public value for money , they must be forced into a slow trot by hitting them in the most vulnerable area — their back pockets .
17 Rovers were forced into a pre-match reshuffle as Neil McNab went down with a stomach bug .
18 Officers say they hope the council will not be forced into a lengthy court battle which could cost tens of thousands of pounds .
19 The government has been forced into a rapid U-turn over plans to cut social security payments to care home residents if they were absent for six days or more .
20 MONICA SELES was forced into a dramatic change of tactic to see off the stubborn challenge of Jana Novotna and reach the semi-finals of the Virginia Slims Championship in New York .
21 However Mr Wilson did point out to Sunday Life : ‘ I would be prepared to defend my country if it was forced into a United Ireland .
22 It 's far better to err on the side of caution and be surprised than to be forced into a head-down gallop to stay on schedule .
23 Then it was simply laid on the floor of the tomb , or forced into a large storage jar which was laid on its side in the tomb ; a third alternative , which became more popular with time , was to place the trussed corpse in a clay box or larnax .
24 Kelburne , winners of the title for the past three years are always at their best when forced into a tight corner and so on this occasion Magee was the man responsible for getting them out of jail .
25 Nature was forced into the correct forms .
26 But even the best option feels like making the best of a bad situation — the square peg of this escalating health and social problem is being forced into the round hole of a system of service rationing which was designed with anyone but drug and alcohol misusers in mind .
27 So far she had seen nothing but a normal barn — bales of hay , racks of apples , a few garden tools — but now she found herself forced into the other side of the top floor and it was certainly different , so different in fact that as Alain released her she walked forward of her own volition .
28 With humanity forced into the undignified retreat of its collective beds , the processes of Earth come into their own .
29 At 100 metres ( 325 feet ) , a dolphin 's lungs are probably completely collapsed — all the air has been forced into the thick-walled windpipe and nasal passages , from where no nitrogen can be absorbed into the blood .
30 Art schools have been forced into the commercial ideology of Toryism .
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