Sentence examples for purpose to force from inspiring English sources

"It is my suspicion that the White House and Congressional Democrats insisted on that defense number for one purpose: to force Republicans to choose between raising taxes or gutting defense," Mr. McKeon said.

This weight was chosen based on the longest chain of consecutive reactions, namely 12, with the purpose to force the optimiser not to remove edges if they are essential for satisfying experimental results.

The purpose was to force them to return home.

"My purpose is to force people to think.

Their purpose was to force HLS to shut down.

Its only purpose was to force the Fed to be more transparent and accountable to the public.

Supporters of the change said its purpose was to force bankers to spend more time and money ensuring rules are followed.

Jonathan Collegio, the communications director for American Crossroads, said part of the group's purpose was to force Democrats to devote resources to more incumbents, thinning out the money available to protect vulnerable House members.

On pondering the wing-backed armchair, so popular in 19th- and early 20th-century sitting rooms, Highmore jests that the wings might be there to stop the head of some inebriated gentleman from lolling; becoming serious, he decides that their purpose was to force the sitter into a position that suggested "moral rectitude".

"The purpose was to force people to actually talk about ideology, about which ideas Occupy would stand for, about whether there should be any ideology at all," Mr. Ackerman said, adding that many people he sees mentioning Jacobin on social media come from "Occupy-ish" circles.

The strike's official purpose is to force a reversal of a recent decision, issued by governmental decree, to allow university presidents to decide how academic staff members divide their time between research and teaching.