Sentence examples for sort of mandatory from inspiring English sources

In France, the king's coin offers the industry some shelter from risk, but threatens to become a sort of mandatory bear hug a protection racket that admits no exceptions, not even its own cultural ones.

Among the changes Holder announced is new guidance to federal prosecutors to omit listing quantities of drugs in indictments for low-level drug crimes, thus sidestepping the sort of mandatory sentences that led Papa to serve his 12 years.

I know, and you know, that this is another of Larry's whiny manipulations that his mother was always dumb enough to fall for and I'm not, but, in any case, this dinner party seems to be sort of mandatory, which means the risotto had better be up to par.

You will have to pay taxes on dividends and capital gains, but you can contribute as much as you like, whenever you like, and you do not have to take any sort of mandatory distribution.

So not only has the BBC forced its journalists to migrate to an 'in-house system' which would have been out of date in 2005 it also has some sort of mandatory quota of blogs that must be fulfilled.

But I will remind readers of my longtime pet Social Security reform proposal, in which Social Security as we know it today would be replaced by a flat benefit paired with some sort of mandatory participation in pooled retirement accounts.

Critics say the factory farming system needs an overhaul, with produce farmers and processors being subject to the same sorts of mandatory rules as the meat industry to protect against E. coli O157 H7 and other harmful bacteria.

The bill currently being considered by Congress would allow for this sort of voluntary labeling, but not mandatory labeling.

"I opposed splitting them because it takes out of our hands the ability to reform the SNAP program, the food stamp program and goes into perpetual motion, mandatory spending sort of a situation," King said.

After seeing the charming hash that Williams and Djokovic made of it, this sort of ego control should really become mandatory after any important accomplishment.

He said that he had not used drugs and that he did not oppose some sort of drug testing policy, though not mandatory.