Sentence examples for obliged to concede from inspiring English sources
I was eventually obliged to concede that factors beyond my control made basketball stardom unrealizable.
"As far as I can see, none of these maps has an absolutely impossible appearance," he was obliged to concede.
As a journalist, I'm obliged to concede that the broadcasting of the images was a succinct demonstration of the visceral power of photos over the written word.
Vladislas was also faced with the rivalry of the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I for the Hungarian crown and was obliged to concede the Habsburg succession to his territories should his own line be extinguished (Peace of Pressburg, 1491; Treaty of Vienna, 1515); that agreement greatly contributed to the eventual formation of a Habsburg Danubian empire.
The answer to the book's chief matter of suspense -- the source of the Zycron stories -- answers itself so obviously and early that Iris, while disclosing the truth in the book's last pages, feels obliged to concede to the reader, "You must have known that for some time".
"What is the long-settled line of decisions of this court in maritime law that you are relying on?" As she undoubtedly knew, and as Mr. Dellinger, a former acting solicitor general, was obliged to concede, there was in fact only one, a case from 1818 called the Amiable Nancy, involving a robbery by a sailor on a privateer.
And this is information, as I'm sure you'd concede, that this committee would be obliged to consider were it, in fact, to be corroborated by others in a position to know.
Speaking to reporters at a briefing in Luxembourg, Mr. Fillon conceded that as a private bank, Société Générale was not obliged to inform the French government.
Regrettably, he will be obliged to learn quickly, since he can expect scant protection from a defence that has conceded more goals, 45 in 22 games, than any of their rivals.
The home side were obliged to defend with resolve, but they were vulnerable to moments of anxiety as demonstrated when Sean Kelly lunged at Dean Shiels inside the area to concede an early penalty.
