Sentence examples for if it is compulsory from inspiring English sources

The mayor said he backed the living wage because it was "pure economic common sense", adding: "I don't think it will succeed if it is compulsory – but this is growing every year.

In many American cities, especially in the north-east and Midwest, middle-class parents can choose from a variety of separate districts in nearby suburbs, leaving struggling cities behind.Nothing can be done about this because the Supreme Court ruled in 1974, in Milliken v Bradley, that desegregation cannot be required across school district lines, even if it is compulsory within them.

Only if it is compulsory for re-usable appliances to be separated from other old appliances at the earliest possible stage will effective re-use be possible.

"How will everyone care for the kids if it's compulsory?

Basically, if it's compulsory, we don't get that jolt of affirmation about being a good person.

Even Johnson, $53.5m contract and all, is fully invested in the kind of work-out regime that would be tough if it was compulsory.

If you suspect a communicable disease, it is compulsory for you to obtain information from the secondary health care provider and monitor the patient.

It is compulsory to verify if the network behavior is compliant to the protocol physical layer specification and to ensure the interoperability between the ECUs that compose the network.

For those in a relationship who possess sufficient imagination and sensitivity to come up with the "right" gesture (a box of chocolates and a bunch of roses doesn't really cut the ice any more), it can be a touching occasion, even if it is devalued by being compulsory.

However, a number of participants felt that they and others from their community would ' ignore' or 'avoid' a screening invitation letter, particularly if it was not compulsory.

A survey of graduates found that only one-fifth of students would have taken the subject if it was not compulsory, but in hindsight over two-thirds said they had learnt things not otherwise covered in their degree and that it should remain compulsory (unpublished data, The Faculty of Science, Monash University 2009).