Sentence examples for it forced down from inspiring English sources

The ALP programme was introduced by the former commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, despite opposition from a sceptical President Hamid Karzai, who had it "forced down his throat like a foie gras goose", a military official told the Guardian.

It forces down pay and costs in the arts, making it cheaper to run literary festivals, music venues, provincial rep, galleries and publishing.

"When you go into a corner with high pressure the snap Gs are tremendous – you can't hold your head up," says Yarnold. "It is forced down on to the ice.

It has forced down prices and led to ever-increasing innovation in an ongoing effort to win and keep business.

Although this has made banks more resilient, it has also forced down profits.

An x-ray showed he had swallowed five kilograms of coins, necklaces and needles; his stomach was so heavy it had been forced down between his hips.

It threatens social cohesion, she said; it forces down the wages of people already on low pay and pushes other people out of the workforce altogether.

As well as pushing down the number of homeless referrals to the social sector, the new law has another consequence: it forces down the actual number of people registering with a council as homeless.

That fact highlights what is most sobering about China's booming economy: it can force down the value of work in any job that is at all transferable.

There's also a delightful café, pretty much unchanged since it opened, where I forced down coffee and a little cake.

With malice aforethought, it tried to force down our unarmed reconnaissance aircraft so as to take its crew hostage.