Example sentences of "forced [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , in the absence of increased or sufficient flexibility in wage formation within the " uncompetitive " member economies , it is probably the case that these economies will be forced to suffer periods of unemployment with the onset of monetary union .
2 ( ‘ If forced to come face to face with the Subject avoid catching the Subject 's eye . ’ )
3 Tempers flared as gallery staff were forced to restrict entry in order to protect the works of art .
4 Paul Llewelyn Jones told a jury at Mold Crown Court he was beaten with a cane or a whip three or four times a week and was forced to scour bins for food .
5 Paul Llewelyn Jones told a jury at Mold Crown Court he was beaten with a cane or a whip three or four times a week and was forced to scour bins for food .
6 She is forced to buy things from charity shops to make ends meet .
7 WALTER DA SILVA , coach of a South African first division soccer team , was forced to leave town at gunpoint after his team had lost 6–0 at home .
8 PRINCESS Diana may be forced to give evidence in court about her friendship with dashing Gulf War hero James Hewitt .
9 Were not adolescents being courted , persuaded and , where possible , forced to adopt modes of behaviour acceptable to established political and cultural authorities ( which were often in conflict with those of their parents ) ?
10 Hitherto she had been so tied up in the day-to-day mechanics of the company that she was often forced to consider time for research as a luxury .
11 The dean 's daughter did not care for shell-fish , so they were forced to start dinner with caviare .
12 Although substantial food and relief aid was forthcoming from foreign and international donors , the government was forced to divert resources to reconstruction and to alleviating the imbalances in the economy .
13 She said that the power-generating companies would have to be forced to reduce emissions from power stations .
14 As a result of the stalemate , the Treasury has been forced to postpone $40billion in debt auctions this week .
15 The Eden was contaminated with ammonia in 1987 by Express Dairies who were recently forced to pay £113,000 in compensation following action by the Anglers ' Cooperative Association .
16 Suppose that the Bank 's forecast is for a shortage of liquidity in the monetary sector , that the monetary sector will recall some of its discount market loans and the houses will be forced to offer bills for sale to the Bank .
17 Old people may adopt a passive stance trying to control the anger about being forced to seek admission in order not to upset the equilibrium in the family and not to antagonise the staff looking after them .
18 Many magazines , including the glossies , have also been forced to remove ads for abortion clinics from their Irish editions .
19 In 1739 they complained of being forced to take remnants of cloth as payment .
20 For six years , they cheerfully raked in premiums for policies which paid the mortgage if you were made redundant or forced to take time off work because of sickness or accident .
21 Region forced to take action over sewage pollution
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