Example sentences of "[subord] by force " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I could not ‘ make ’ you — except by force , which would break your mind . ’ |
| 2 | Commentators noted that the decree might prove impossible to implement except by force . |
| 3 | Clegg knows he can never gain Miranda 's respect except by force , as he has nothing to offer her that she wants , and so , to fulfil his desire he has to kidnap her . |
| 4 | Indirect Rule dramatized , sanctified , and institutionalized the belief that backward races should and could be ruled by force of character rather than by force of arms . |
| 5 | Charlemagne was a charismatic man who held his widespread and disparate peoples together as much by force of personality as by force of arms . |