Example sentences of "forced [to-vb] back [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council has already been forced to fall back on accommodation in the town 's Arts Centre in a bid to keep people off the streets . |
| 2 | The council has already been forced to fall back on accommodation in the Arts Centre to keep people off the streets . |
| 3 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 4 | The contractors , having racked themselves to the limit to fight off all other comers , may be forced to cut back on programme spending , to the detriment of exactly the kind of endeavours which may give delight to many but have no great appeal to the masses . |
| 5 | In recent years most academic libraries have been forced to cut back on periodical provision , to prevent serials from running away with unreasonable proportions of their budgets for materials ( see pp. 135–8 ) . |
| 6 | Families living on income support are being forced to cut back on food and do without basic items , according to a survey by the Children 's Society . |