Sentence examples for need to compel from inspiring English sources

We need to compel our leaders to unite to tackle common problems.

We need to compel governments, starting with the commonwealth, to take responsibility for the housing crisis.

The grand jury has the subpoena power that prosecutors need to compel reluctant witnesses to testify under oath.

It may be part of the nudge we need to compel the masses from their desk-chairs and to start reclaiming the web we want.

Margaret Hodge, the committee's chair, accused Hartnett of misleading parliament – a charge he denied – and the committee felt the need to compel HMRC's most senior lawyer, Anthony Inglese, to swear on oath before giving evidence.

"I don't see any practical way or need to compel people to make the change.

Environmental groups said collection requirements were needed to compel the companies to comply.

A court order is needed to compel suspects to give blood samples for laboratory tests.

The American ambassador to the agency, Kenneth C. Brill, asked the board to consider whether more urgent steps were needed to compel Iran to cooperate.

So NHS Improvement knows it needs to compel decisions to be taken while holding back from the temptation to dictate the outcome – a hard trick to pull off.

Statutory underpinning is needed to compel ministers and others to uphold freedom of speech and of the press, and the independence of the new press council.