Sentence examples for are not forceful from inspiring English sources

The trouble is these raids are not forceful enough to dislodge the terrorist threat but just heavy-handed enough to turn local sympathies against the state.

The bill's sponsors in the Senate agreed to allow some exemptions for small farms and facilities, but those provisions are not forceful enough for Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana.

Ms. Ahern's snippets of movement incorporate ideas from Japanese horror movies, but aren't forceful enough; the most convincing moments aren't seen, but are heard in Anne Hege's strangely environmental score.

He was not forceful".

Yet for some companies named in the lawsuits, the institute was not forceful enough.

I'm not saying NeoHooDoo is the answer; it's not forceful enough to be an answering sort of show.

Most economists agreed, though many have since concluded that the package was not forceful enough to counter a recession and crises in the financial and housing sectors.

Mr. Pawlenty is still working to shake the impression — an incorrect one, he argues — that he is not forceful or strong enough to challenge his Republican rivals and, ultimately, Mr. Obama.

It is the keeper's duty to let his defender know if he wants to come for a ball, and if Moss did so on this occasion then he clearly was not forceful enough.

Del Bosque admitted his players were not forceful enough in the first half and started pushing forward and taking risks only when they had to but he denied his side were tired or lacked motivation.

This disparity supports the idea that the Inka domination in the Valley was not forceful, and suggests a closer relationship between the state and some local groups, not previously identified.