Sentence examples for Obligated it to from inspiring English sources

During the trial, the bank stressed that its contracts with the plaintiffs only obligated it to perform ministerial duties.

And, Parmalat said, a secret side agreement obligated it to pay a far higher interest rate than was disclosed.

The Energy Department signed contracts in the 1980's that obligated it to begin accepting spent fuel for deep geologic burial in 1998.

Exactly why Enron wanted to assume the contract under terms that obligated it to pay money back with interest is unclear.

In addition to a copyright claim, the lawsuit charged that by reading Mr. Greenstein's play, the Royal Court entered into a contract that obligated it to compensate the playwright.

In Haiti, the U.N. is unable or unwilling to acknowledge the harm it has caused and the law doesn't obligate it to.

Iraq said very reluctantly today that it would allow United Nations weapons inspectors to begin work in the country and would "deal with" a Security Council resolution obligating it to disarm.

The courts have already awarded the companies about $1 billion, because the government signed contracts obligating it to begin taking the waste in 1998, but seems unlikely to do so for years.

That's because the high-frequency crowd is constantly probing the market via "indications of interest," which help it sniff out supply and demand without obligating it to act on it.

Germany joined the 1970 UNESCO treaty last year, obligating it to take steps to return looted cultural artifacts.

The United States says the islands fall under a U.S.-Japan security pact that obligates it to defend Japan, but is wary of being drawn into any military clash between China and Japan.