Sentence examples for force public from inspiring English sources

Such reforms force public schools to compete.

Legislation in Albany would force public officials to answer for the crimes of earlier generations, just as Catholic bishops have.

But in a country whose constitutional court can force public spending (by, say, declaring that people have a right to expensive health care), that may not be enough.

His government rushed through legislation to form an anti-corruption commission and to force public servants, including politicians, to declare their wealth.

The legislatures in Washington and Maryland approved same-sex marriage this year, but opponents gathered enough signatures to force public referendums on the laws.

That would force public sector workers to contribute to the state pension system for 40 years, up from 37 1/2 years now.

Mr. Bush supports vouchers that poor families can use for private-school tuition, saying it will force public schools to improve.

"Poppy shamers" who want to force public figures to wear a poppy, and start an unseemly culture war, are missing the point and misreading British culture.

That would force public sector workers to contribute to the state pension system for 40 years, up from 37-and-a-half years now.

The government has been active in introducing reform legislation, most notably to reduce corruption and waste in the administration and to force public-sector enterprises to make three-year business plans, to adopt international accounting methods and to take on new employees under private-sector-type contracts.

The Public and Commercial Services Union, which says it is Britain's fifth-largest union, said that singling it out for rejecting the government's proposals was "unacceptable bullying" and that it was not right for the government to force public-sector workers to pay for economic difficulties they did not cause.