Sentence examples for Oblige from inspiring English sources

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Oblige

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To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.

  • I am obliged to report to the police station every week.

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The two supreme court justices thought likely to cast the deciding votes, Anthony Kennedy and the chief justice, John Roberts, appeared deeply sceptical of the government's contention that healthcare regulation is a special case that gives Congress the power to oblige individuals to obtain insurance.

By the end of March, countries will have to show their hands in terms of what greenhouse gas cuts they're planning, even if the Lima text doesn't oblige them to go into details about baseline years and annual targets as some countries had asked for.

But even if Jeanetta had wanted the police to kill at that moment, he added, "doesn't mean they had to oblige".

The decision could oblige police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to destroy hundreds of thousands of DNA profiles taken from people who have been arrested by police and then released without charge or found not guilty.

Sparked by the Justice for LB campaign that followed Sparrowhawk's death (his nickname was Laughing Boy), the disabled people (community inclusion) bill 2015 – also known as the LB bill – would oblige local authorities and NHS bodies to get court permission before moving someone if they decide they cannot live at home.

A young woman is happy to oblige and they play a few shots, both potting balls.

Essentially, Miliband is saying that the rules allowing the government to block takeovers on public interest grounds should be expanded and that this would oblige the government to carry out a proper assessment as to whether the takeover was in the national interest.

The trouble is that they are not exactly keen to oblige.

Such newspapers usefully oblige politicians to tailor messages for an audience not made up of single-issue types or partisans.

As long as some wealthy people want to wear something original there will always be talented designers keen to oblige in the hope that it makes their name.

My point is Brazil's handover has not been completed yet, and the second round on October 31st may oblige you to run a cover of who most Brazilians have chosen, not necessarily who the current president would choose.René Mendes São PauloYemeni habits* SIR – Your article on qat chewing in Yemen ("You can't easily qat it out", October 2nd) stated that 30 years ago it was an occasional pastime.

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