Sentence examples for be able to compel from inspiring English sources

Regulators will not be able to compel any divestment by Ryanair until after the company has exhausted its appeals.

Even if it bows to the ruling, federal officials may not be able to compel states to heed the court.

The commissioner, unlike the parliamentary ombudsman, who currently handles disputed cases under the existing and feeble code of practice, will be able to compel officials to release information.

They passed a motion saying the IPCC should be able to compel police officers involved in an incident leading to a death to give evidence.

When faced with an 'imminent clear and present danger,' governments may be able to compel citizens to do things that would ordinarily be beyond their authority to mandate.

It also wants to be able to compel parents to register home-educated children to help councils monitor their education and prevent children from disappearing under the radar.

But prosecutors were able to compel their testimony with grand jury subpoenas, and one boy led to another.

Feminists, moreover, became more influential inside the Democratic Party and were able to compel the party to take a firmer pro-choice stance.

The revolutionaries are able to compel the world's attention and sympathy, and to risk life and limb in defiance of authority, but they have neither the organizational discipline nor the strategic ability to assume and exercise power.

Just imagine for a moment that she were able to compel Google to publish its PageRank algorithm, the one that decides which pages are most relevant to your search query.

For all the AKP's status as Turkey's unrivalled party of government, under Erdoğan's unquestioned dominance, he has not been able to compel parliament to give him the enhanced powers of the executive presidency he covets.