Sentence examples for could be conscripted for from inspiring English sources
A severe drought during the 1941 42 season led to a food shortage in the colony, prompting the passing in June 1942 of the Compulsory Native Labour Act, under which unemployed black males aged between 18 and 45 could be conscripted for work on white-owned farms.
The French tried importing Chinese workers, who could be hired in Asia even more cheaply than local labour could be conscripted in Africa.
From the sovereign's point of view, such information was crucial: the decision to go to war could be taken only once it was known how many men could be conscripted and how much money levied.
The three others had all been conscripted for the Kaiser's war.
He feared it was because he had so far avoided being conscripted for compulsory military service.
Beer was disappearing and every bowl in the house had been conscripted for use as an ashtray.
Singapore's social safety net offers a bare minimum and all Singaporean men are conscripted for two years' national service.
The husbands of some board members signed up, or were conscripted, for garbage duty (30 bags, three days a week).
In a country where 18-year-olds are conscripted for military service, many Israelis feel intimately involved with the case.
