Example sentences of "[conj] being forced " in BNC.
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| 1 | If British consumers fail to buy the new models , European Community-devised satellite broadcasting norms could mean millions of viewers finding themselves watching a distorted picture , or being forced to buy a decoder costing up to £200 . |
| 2 | This year will find you either determined to break into higher ground , or being forced to do so . |
| 3 | Captivity of any kind ; being confined in an artificial environment , or being forced to conform to a suffocating set of social rules and conventions . |
| 4 | As I 've already said , being a few seconds late will not be a severe disadvantage , but being early or being forced down the line will stop you from tacking when you want to . |
| 5 | Gough could always write back to the Scottish League — as he is obliged to do this week in response to the management committee 's request for his views on United 's complaint over Ferguson — and point out that being forced to go to such lengths to contain his opponent proves he was correct to covet the forward for his team . |
| 6 | Small droplets are spun out by rotary discs rather than being forced through a nozzle , |
| 7 | Give the most positive explanations you can and try to keep control of what you want to put over during the interview rather than being forced into a purely defensive position . |
| 8 | It 's the trend which has switched the emphasis to keeping you on court — rather than being forced off it , as many have been at my club in recent seasons . |
| 9 | Unisys has created the marketing rationale of the customer selecting the timing of its jump to the next generation rather than being forced to it by the vendor 's phasing out existing technology . |
| 10 | It also suggests that teachers should oppose their critics on educational grounds rather than being forced continually onto the sterile terrain of vocationalism . |
| 11 | To cover the glitch Intel Corp has created with Pentium — see front page — Unisys Corp has created the marketing rationale of the customer selecting the timing of its jump to the next generation rather than being forced to it by the vendor 's phasing out existing technology . |
| 12 | And we 've generally been moving already with our big investment that we 've already got in Child Care , let's not forget that , towards this philosophy of that 's enshrined in the Children Act , which is building up parental responsibility and encouraging and supporting parents containing their own children , rather than being forced to give them up . |
| 13 | We searched for kilometres — it seemed — to find a crossing point , eventually reaching a lake and being forced to cross at a place that was nowhere near as good as a dozen we had passed and dismissed as unsuitable . |
| 14 | Being eighteen and losing my job , my career , friends and being forced to come out to my parents in extremely unpleasant circumstances , profoundly influenced my life and identity . |
| 15 | Contemporary audiences would have understood that the film appealed to them on that level but were also aware that the tragedy of the film consisted of an ordinary innocent American being hounded by external events and being forced into failure and crime . |
| 16 | Unlike most of its competitors , ICL Plc has managed to stay in the black for the year ending December 31 despite having experienced a ‘ character-forming year for the computer industry worldwide ’ and being forced to make major price cuts on its products . |
| 17 | Unlike most of its competitors , ICL Plc has managed to stay in the black for the year ending December 31 despite having experienced a ‘ character-forming year for the computer industry worldwide ’ and being forced to make major price cuts on its products . |
| 18 | If she found he was pro-British and being forced to collaborate , the Marine Commandoes would endeavour to get him out alive . |
| 19 | Their attitude , however , seemed to be that because I was young I was utterly unaware of what was happening to me , emotionally unstable , childish , and being forced into womanhood by a terrible mistake I had made . |
| 20 | The boarding annexe at Burleigh was an unlovely square built on to the main house in the nineteen-twenties-it was the cause , in fact , of the original owner going bankrupt and being forced to forsake the licensed trade . |
| 21 | Despite losing defensive kingpin Mark Wright with a knee injury after only 10 minutes and being forced to use substitute Jan Molby as an emergency centre-half , they dominated the game with Don Hutchison outstanding in midfield . |
| 22 | Only thus could he step outside of the present situation and hope to puzzle out the riddle of Zephro Carnelian — even while being forced to react predictably … |