Sentence examples for but not force from inspiring English sources

Cao Siyuan, a prominent advocate of China's private sector, thinks that "the WTO can promote but not force corporate change in China".

The aim is for a fine to be a hardship but not force the offender below a reasonable subsistence level," the Board's evidence to MPs says.

That the international community will talk but not act; will use diplomacy but not force; and we know, again from our history, that diplomacy, not backed by the threat of force, has never worked with dictators and never will work.

Bringing together the iPhone/iPad software, iOS and Mac OS makes perfect sense too, as devices like iPad, iPhones and Mac need to deliver similar experiences but not force users in behaviours that do not make sense".

They would like to go beyond a provision in the bill, suggested by Paul A. Volcker, the former Fed chairman, and supported by President Obama, that would seek to keep banks from growing any larger but not force any to shrink.

Make the Team Pay To the Sports Editor: Re "In Blow to Antidoping Efforts, Athletes Gain Leeway in Court," Sept 19: Perhaps the N.F.L. and the other leagues could prohibit athletes who test positive from playing but not force their removal from rosters.

Her experience was "relatively harmless," she wrote — she was coerced, but not forced.

Wannstedt said: "There is a fine line of having enough confidence to make a throw but not forcing anything.

Subsequently, the municipalities were encouraged (but not forced) to grant individuals participating in an introduction programme an introduction allowance rather than social assistance.

His shots look calculated but not forced, stylized but not gaudy.

In the best-case scenario, you break them in in a deliberate but not forced situation.