Sentence examples for they were voluntary from inspiring English sources

"Would people pay their taxes if they were voluntary?

Prosecutors will counter that Mr. Mohammed's statements in the last few years should be admissible at trial because they were voluntary and came long after the government stopped waterboarding him in 2003.

They said the measures should be tougher, could not be enforced because they were voluntary and did nothing to discourage people from talking on their phones while driving or issuing orders to their devices.

And because they were voluntary, individuals joined only when the programs made financial sense to them.

But in the evidence sessions with senior people in the health service, the MPs were left unclear whether they were voluntary or compulsory, temporary or permanent.

Because so many were worried, the public and businesses willingly went along with law enforcement requests to stay inside (they were voluntary, not mandatory), leaving streets eerily empty and reminding some of a police state.

"They're voluntary.

They are voluntary, really.

They are voluntary, even optional.

In the United Kingdom and Belgium, for example, they are voluntary associations, whose members provide financial resources by subscription.

And as for the guidelines, which focus on "packaged and restaurant foods," they're voluntary.