Sentence examples for obligatory from inspiring English sources

But it turns out that in spite of a certain gloss in their tailoring and appearance, and the obligatory photogenic girlfriends (Turner is dating the American actress and model Arielle Vandenberg after a well-publicised split from his long-term girlfriend, the TV presenter Alexa Chung, in 2011. Cook and Helders are also engaged to models), Arctic Monkeys remain reassuringly un-LA.

For every Drake, Nicki Minaj and obligatory rap in the middle of Olly Murs new single, there is an MIA or Tyler, the Creator.

Ever since Jim made his debut, it's been almost obligatory to refer to his grandfather Patrick, the second Doctor Who.

Following that, the obligatory visit to India could be just as sobering as the last, and a truncated tour of the Caribbean on the eve of the Ashes can't hope to convince of much at all across a pair of Tests.

But I hadn't: like a shoe store, or a restaurant, I was running a business with the obligatory expenses, like a full staff on payroll, a shop to rent, and a million dollars worth of pre-ordered shoes to design, inspect, manufacture and mail out to my customers.

The assembly recently passed a law making it obligatory for ID cards and driving licences to state whether bearers are citizens of Republika Srpska or the Bosniak and Croat-dominated Federation. Croat-dominated Federation

And she was a woman, at a time when the most that women could aspire to was to be "the statutory woman", the obligatory female member of government who made no trouble but could be called on to talk about "women's issues".

But other obligatory improvements to the stadium's infrastructure must be completed to meet with Premier League criteria and the club claim it will not be possible to increase the number of seats in time for the 2015-16 season.

The singer offers up ancestral horror stories of genocide in Turkey next to thoughts about work ("what's going on with mycareer") and the obligatory smattering of selfies (recent classics include "Me as Mona Lisa" and "me as a BLUR").

Apart from a tiny block of obligatory VIP seats, top ticket prices at the Grimaldi Forum (the principality's main theatre) are pegged at €35, and the cheapest are very cheap.

A string of top-quality hotels, each with the obligatory beach, offer the right mix of diversity and an array of water sports.