The phrase "are generally forced" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are compelled to act in a certain way, often against their will or preference.
Example: "In many cases, employees are generally forced to adhere to strict company policies that limit their flexibility."
Alternatives: "are often compelled" or "are typically required".
Reporters are generally forced to keep their ideologies to themselves.
In reality, people are generally forced to wait until they're much older for surgery.
Visitors from other countries are shocked, given the large number of trips that are within a 100-400-mile distance but for which travelers are generally forced to go by air or personal car.
Currently, due to restrictive national policy, girls who get married or become pregnant are generally forced out of school.
In vitro tumor cells are generally forced to grow with high concentrations of glucose, serum, or several stimuli such as growing factors, whereas the nutritional conditions of the tumor microenvironment are significantly different.
Consequently, primates living in fragments are generally forced to rely more heavily on leaves than on fruit [Abondano & Link, 2012; Chaves et al., 2012; Dunn et al., 2010; González-Zamora et al., 2009; Irwin, 2007; Juan et al., 2000; Lopez et al., 2005; Tesfaye et al., 2013; Tutin, 1999].
Mutual fund portfolio managers, for their part, were generally forced by the system to be more interested in outperforming peers than in husbanding shareholders' accounts.
Officials have said that businesses farther from the trade center were generally forced to close for shorter periods and thus their losses were smaller.
Students seeking an alternative to the traditional packed lunch were generally forced to eat their lunch away from the school.
The periodicity within the strings is generally forced by the substrate and the molecules are closely packed.
Data from clinical trials of various dosages of TMP/SMX in the critically ill population are generally lacking, forcing the clinician to prescribe the drug without clear knowledge of the appropriate regimen.
