Sentence examples for virtually obligatory from inspiring English sources

What to do This is Holland, so a cycle tour is virtually obligatory.

Nor is he likely to write a self-indulgent memoir that seems virtually obligatory for most former politicians.

Soon after taking office, Baird went on a "virtually obligatory" trip to Israel: a freshman ritual in which everything — business-class flights, accommodations at the King David or the Citadel — is paid for by AIPAC's charitable arm.

In this respect, he is a creature of the modern Senate — a place where nearly constant filibusters have made sixty-vote majorities virtually obligatory to approve even the most routine legislation or the least controversial nominees.

With the rare exception of a George Ford or a Leigh Halfpenny, it is now virtually obligatory to start out as a giant in order to succeed in the professional game.

Soon after taking office, Baird went on a "virtually obligatory" trip to Israel: a freshman ritual in which everything business-class flights, accommodations at theverything business-classel—is paid flightsaccommodationsatle arm.

Sharing is almost obligatory.

Nowadays, though batting average still receives its obligatory attention, virtually any casual baseball fan (and even the players) are aware that things like on-base percentage, slugging, OPS matter at least as much (and likely more) as batting average does in understanding a player's contribution to his team's offense.

The decision is all the more remarkable because it cuts against the grain of a bill devoted to expanding federal regulation, and because it has had virtually no opposition, save for the obligatory protests of the agency's senior management.

Cancer registration in Sweden is obligatory, making the assessments of cases virtually complete.

But the "Dogma" disc has virtually none of the things -- save for the obligatory trailer -- that makes "Clerks," "Mallrats" and "Chasing Amy," however erratic they are as movies, so indispensable as additions to DVD libraries.