Sentence examples for coerced to accept from inspiring English sources

Michele Cercone, spokesperson for the European commissioner for home affairs, said member states could not be coerced to accept the resettlement programme, but the commission had offered €6,000 £5,0000) towards every refugee a country accepted.

Article 38 of the constitution, which deals with freedom of creed and worship, states that "every person shall have the right to the freedom of religious creed and worship – and no person shall be coerced to accept a faith that she or he does not believe in".

Essentially, Horizon felt they was coerced to accept the new terms of the contract without the opportunity to review or negotiate the terms without disrupting the company's operations or their employee's payroll.

Whom a humanitarian organisation chooses to accept into its constituency necessarily defines its political nature, and the more it is coerced to accept undesirable actors the more it compromises on its political neutrality and its identity as a principled humanitarian actor.

While it might appear that threats of air strikes have since coerced Saddam to accept inspections, in every case he first exacted concessions and later blocked inspectors, never actually halting his rearmament effort.

In a big victory for his agenda to shake-up an era of global free trade that many associate with the signing of NAFTA in 1994, President Donald Trump coerced Canada and Mexico to accept more restrictive commerce with their main export partner.

As Mr. Kristof suggests, coercing Africans to accept Christian values can create confusion among Africans, and rejection and isolation from their peers if it conflicts with their culture's religious beliefs.

In short, the new mayor cannot push ahead and present a picture of a city in peril -- as a way, for example, to coerce unions to accept smaller pay raises -- without risking an exodus of people and corporations, or dissuading businesses that relocated after Sept. 11 from returning to New York.

Some suggest God held the mountain over the Israelites, coercing them to accept the new laws.

At bottom, even in a democracy, exercising political power comes down to imposing your will on others, coercing them to accept the policies you favor.

The difficulties of showing up to court month after month to contest even minor criminal charges -- or the inability to afford bail -- often coerce people to accept plea agreements solely to resolve their case as quickly as possible.