Sentence examples for force towns from inspiring English sources

"This measure doesn't force towns to adopt a ban on smoking," Mr. Blumenthal said.

The alternative, many economists point out, was to force towns and cities into extensive layoffs, even as unemployment hovered around 10 percent and millions of Americans sought help from public agencies.

Between 2000 and 2011, the French town-hall headcount increased by 26%.The new budget squeeze, and the fact that most civil-service jobs are protected, will force towns to put such projects on hold.

On behalf of the N.A.A.C.P., he is asking the justices to force towns to seek public funds for housing that would appeal not only to middle-income buyers, but also to the working poor who are shut out of suburbia.

The agency announced Wednesday that it will force towns and cities to wrap up negotiations for video-franchise licenses within 90 days and forbid them from making any "unreasonable" requests of the telephone companies in the process.

Her group had a meeting recently with Representative Phil King about his bill that would force towns to pay the state if they banned fracking, but he dismissed their concerns, she said.

Taking it away could force town or city service cuts or sharp tax hikes.

Next, from April, come half-baked new council tax rules, which will force town halls to chase poor families for tiny sums, just as under the poll tax.

I was safely in Merced, California – an old air force town that is most famous for its proximity to Yosemite national park and for being the birthplace of the actress Janet Leigh.

Salem, Old Towne and Frith were evacuated in August 1997 (zone E; Figure 2), forcing towns in the north to accommodate a further 1,300 people.

Across Georgia, manufacturing jobs have been vanishing, forcing towns to seek ever more creative means of self-preservation, and Macon, with 100,000 residents, is a prime example.