Sentence examples for force its hand from inspiring English sources
The government is proposing to abandon nuclear reprocessing in Britain, and if it falters Ireland and Denmark will force its hand in June.
The government has so far refused to stand down, but it's not unthinkable that an international media outcry could force its hand.
Pakistan, like most countries, reacts very badly to public attempts to force its hand.
If we cannot trust our government to be candid, we must have legislation to force its hand.
If City Hall doesn't act, Mr. Adams said, he will propose a state law to force its hand.
In a terse statement, the company repeated that point hours after US Airways' surprise announcement, effectively dismissing the smaller rival's gambit to force its hand.
The court pretends it is not striking down the act but merely sending the law back to Congress for tweaking; it imagines that Congress forced its hand; and it fantasizes that voting discrimination in the South is a thing of the past.
The Israeli government can decide, and perhaps it has, that Hamas has forced its hand, and that all complaints should be forwarded in that direction.
It resisted providing ARVs altogether until the courts forced its hand a few years ago.
No country forced its hand on emission cuts in the negotiations, and it was itself comprehensively split, with countries such as Poland and even Germany reportedly blocking moves by Britain and others to put the cuts on the table.
