Sentence examples for attempt to compel from inspiring English sources

But we warned then that the inquiry should not degenerate into an attempt to compel journalists to reveal their sources.

[C1.] Mississippi sued property-casualty insurers in an attempt to compel them to pay for a greater share of the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

However, Viagogo declined to make changes, prompting the CMA to go to the high court in an attempt to compel it to do so.

The cause of action in the case is "specific performance", which often involves an attempt to compel a party to fulfil a contract.

The decision averted a high court case that had been due to begin, brought by one of the hooded men, Liam Shannon, in an attempt to compel the Fine Gael-Labour coalition to challenge the 1978 ruling.

The attempt to compel Twitter to identify those responsible for the breaches comes after a number of its users earlier this month purported to reveal the name of the player who allegedly had an affair with the model Imogen Thomas.

Attempts to compel minority groups to assimilate have occurred frequently in world history.

The 1931 act attempted to compel the purchase by frankly commanding it, under sanctions criminal and civil.

This is also true of the completed manual recounts that the Florida Supreme Court has compelled, or attempted to compel, the secretary state to include in the certified election results.

Apparently, under that view, a person's right not to incriminate himself exists only if the government has already attempted to compel him to do so.

Omitted is any mention of the State's evasions of counsel's repeated attempts to compel disclosure of any statement in the State's possession.