Sentence examples for capacity to compel from inspiring English sources

However, Bentham also held that all political authority, no matter what form it takes, is necessarily limited by its capacity to compel obedience from the people.

On this basis, we designed the macro ridge structures and obtained the final sample surface, which could not only display a strong superhydrophobicity with the apparent contact angle reaching 161° and the contact angle hysteresis reducing to 1.5°, but also exhibit the capacity to compel the impact water droplet to bounce off within an extreme short time (5.5 ms).

Since the policy under the existing law was administered on the premise that leprosy requires confinement and special care, it was limited in its capacity to compel patients to leave the leprosaria.

If the Russian-backed separatists view Ukraine's defensive capacity as a serious weakness, there will be little to compel them not to push forward in pursuit of their ambitions.

Further growth of the temperature increases thermal energy but it is still too "weak" to compel the corpuscles, which at lied below the Fermi energy, to contribute to the heat capacity.

The United Nations is powerless to compel cooperation.

Military threats tend to compel economic cooperation.

To compel scientists to act ethically?

Organizational instincts tend to compel the exaggeration of current capabilities.

She underwent severe austerities to compel Shiva to marry her.

The one-day games have provided England with some torment over the past 10 days when they have lost four times to South Africa, but they have provided a grand spectacle, enjoyed by capacity crowds compelled to hang on until the final over to find out which team is going to win.