How To Use Oblige In A Sentence

He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
Naturally, her husband was very pleased and only too happy to oblige with the ‘work.’
An epitaph is on a gravestone, and while I am sure they would be happy to oblige, that wasn’t what they were actually throwing, I don’t think …. Think Progress » GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs As A Response To ‘Totalitarian Tactics’
The law obliges officials to review deals with firms found responsible for corruption. Times, Sunday Times
In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.

The key to their popularity was government subsidy and regulation that obliged motorists and oil companies to use biofuels. Times, Sunday Times
Should we accept that corporate bosses do bad things not because of the badness of their hearts but because they are obliged to?
In the beginning of the ninth century St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople, states that all are obliged to observe xerophagy during those seasons The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
I have been told they should have made an appointment before visiting and I am not obliged to tell them anything.
Hungary, yet was my attorney obliged to solicit the instrument called ritter-diploma, for which, under pain of execution, I must pay two thousand florins. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2
But the organist made his profession clear by explaining that the committee had just invited him to oblige the company with a solo on the piano, but that he had been hitting the champagne so hard that he doubted if he could tell the keys from the pedals, and he added that if they'd excuse him he would go to sleep, which he immediately did with his head on the shoulder of the lady recitationist, who tactfully tried not to notice that he was there. Cinderella And Other Stories
Security Council, in its reaction to the September 11 attacks, obliged member states to "criminalize" terrorist attacks - not to declare war on terrorists. Daphne Eviatar: Graham Bill Plays Right Into al Qaeda's Hands
In summary, if you receive a demand for the return of overpaid tax credits, don't feel obliged to pay it all in one go.
(Piss and blood fetishes similarly leave me cold, though were you to ask me to urinate in your mouth or carve the word "cocksucker" in your chest with a razor blade, I would probably be happy to oblige.) Archive 2008-03-01
Preliminary Injunction means the court forces the infringers to stop ongoing infringement or events that are about to happen upon obligee's request before or during infringement litigation.
People were therefore obliged by considerations of self-interest to obey the commands of established government. English Conservatism since the Restoration: An introduction and anthology
We refer to the rules which oblige a trial judge to warn the jury of the danger of convicting upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice.
The law has also been changed so that private broadcasters are obliged to play the anthem when they come on air and at closedown, as is already the case for state-run TV and radio. Cumpulsory Anthem Law Hits Wrong Note in Kyrgyzstan
If you or anyone else can help me to sort out the security issues I would be much obliged.
Steve up-anchored and obliged, taking us closer inshore to drop anchor on top of a wreck where the lads caught pouting three at a time.
For reasons of the heart, I was later obliged to dive into Italy's Caffeinated Complications: ristretto vs. espresso, lungo vs. Americano; black vs. 'stained' with warm/cold milk; served in a glass vs. a cup -- and so on. Juliet Linley: Koffee for Kids?
This was an obligement never to be forgotten; and the more to be considerd, because antecedent to her love. Dedication
Local authorities are legally obliged to record unmet needs and disclose details of these.
Bouvet was happy to oblige, and the Portrait historique was reprinted in the 1699 edition.
The act obliges employers to identify and safeguard against all risks to health and safety.
The alpha males (I guess) feel obliged to rear up periodically and assert their fiefdom with a ‘roar.’
La gare Saint-Charles fut longtemps le point de passage obligé des voyageurs à destination de l'Afrique et du Moyen-Orient. Comme Si de Rien N'Etait - French Word-A-Day
The CIA is on of the highest police type agency in this Country, if they are not obliged to follow the laws of this great land then why should any other person in this land be held acountable for anything. Republican calls Holder decision 'bulls**t'
After that, she was obliged to describe where she had been the night before her husband's death, the mode of transportation which had brought her home, and more et ceteras? all, in short, that she'd told Lord Quentin and the magistrate, repeatedly. Captives Of The Night
We are often obliged to report on mayhem and savage behaviour perpetrated by thugs who are barely out of rompers.
Under the new regime, companies will be obliged to assign a dollar value to retirement benefits and share options. Times, Sunday Times
Sir, A cyclist is not obliged to fit a bell to his cycle but must have an audible means of warning. Times, Sunday Times
He waits for this to sink in, and I oblige by widening my eyes and licking my chapped lips.
She had been obliged by his threats to seek accommodation elsewhere.
The three parties are the principal, who is the person bonded; the obligee, the person who is protected; and the surety, the person or corporation agreeing.
New groups have always been obliged to build a fan base before a record company will sign them. Times, Sunday Times
His hands were completely tied on this one, and those who now criticise him for doing what he was legally obliged to do are being unfair in the extreme to him.
Whereas in times when there was some order and government the travellers might be safe in the open roads, and the robbers were forced to lurk in the by-ways, no, on the contrary, the robbers insulted on the open roads without check, and the honest travellers were obliged to sculk and walk through by-ways, in continual frights. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
This screen was placed there at the time she found herself obliged to take to her chamber; and in the depth of our concern, and the fulness of other discourse at our first interview, I had forgotten to apprize the Colonel of what he would probably see. Clarissa Harlowe
I was obliged to diet myself.
a corporation, without a charter, such adulterine guilds, as they were called, were not always disfranchised upon that account, but obliged to fine annually to the king, for permission to exercise their usurped privileges {See Madox Firma Burgi p. 26 etc.}. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
The biographer is obliged to tell the truth -- even when it means saying something good about someone. Donald Spoto: Insist on the Truth -- Even When It's Good News
Last week's vitriolic attacks obliged the local party establishment to close ranks around her. Times, Sunday Times
Paterfamilias is obliged to drink the cup of gaiety to the dregs, which is almost worse than being in office. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.
She was obliged to obey, and she called Menelaus in her own voice, and Diomede in the voice of his wife, and Ulysses in the very voice of Penelope. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities
My malady, which the doctors call a bilious fever, lingers, or rather it returns with each sudden change of weather, though I am thankful to say that the relapses have hitherto been much milder than the first attack; but they keep me weak and reduced, especially as I am obliged to observe a very low spare diet. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
Wife to have me disobliged, that I might get me gone, and so rid her of the Company of an ill Husband; Cloris, that I might be prevented from going, that she might retain her beloved Gallant. The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen
To date the local authority has been obliged to notify the owner and occupier that the property will be revalued, but this will no longer be the case.
As an Australian I feel obliged to speak up for the splade, which is our own variation on the spork concept. About sporks
He was obliged to stand down as a Parliamentary candidate.
That may well be his personal preference and oblige a minority of other like-minded individuals. Times, Sunday Times
But part of the recognition of the Fall is to realize that though no person is wholly good or wholly evil, one is still obliged to fight on the side of justice, even if one's side is tainted by sin and impure motives.
Local authorities are not obliged to provide public conveniences, but if they do they ought to be kept clean and functional, even if it means charging the public for using them.
Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages.
At length a peasant was found who suited our purpose; but he considered two florins per diem too little pay, so I was obliged to give an additional zwanziger. Visit to Iceland
If I attempted a race with the boys, I was obliged to give up from very weariness; and laughing at what they termed my laziness, they pursued their amusements without me. A Grandmother's Recollections
She said under the settlement the BHF was obliged to advise members of the commission's concern about the use of the reference price list and caution them against using it collusively. ANC Daily News Briefing
Obliged to work for his living from the age of 8, Gorky roamed all over Russia.
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
I have the honour to inform you that the Honourable Company's steamer ‘Nemesis,’ under my command, was obliged to part company with the fleet, being light, and consequently very leewardly.
* mais sur tout ` a noircir par des infames calomnies la sainte et salutaire Doctrine, dont nous faisons profession, nous sommes obliges, pour desabuser l'esprit de ceux qui pourraient avoir este preoccupes de ces sinistres impressions, de faire une brieve The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
It said that under guidance published by the government four years ago, councils were obliged to seek out safe investments that delivered the highest returns. Times, Sunday Times
Max swore as he twisted the lock-pick in the keyhole impatiently, but the lock still refused to oblige.
On the afternoon following the colonel's visit to Mink Run, old Peter, when he came for Phil, was obliged to stay long enough to see the antics of the mechanical mule; and had not that artificial animal suddenly refused to kick, and lapsed into a characteristic balkiness for which there was no apparent remedy, it might have proved difficult to get Phil away. The Colonel's Dream
Though she was Abram's wife, and, as such, was obliged to return, yet he calls her Sarai's maid, to humble her. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
He was reportedly obliged to leave London under a police escort, pursued by an angry mob. Times, Sunday Times
They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
This meant that in his search for a new language to express himself he was obliged to break existing artistic conventions, which required an elegance and polish that stifled all feelings.
But it is unseemly to see such a Grand Potentate in such a state of decay: the son of Bajazet Ilderim insolvent; the descendants of the Prophet bullied by Calmucs and English and whipper-snapper Frenchmen; the Fountain of Magnificence done up, and obliged to coin pewter! Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
In the first, because of the large sums obliged to be levied off them, as compensation to those whose cattle were maliciously houghed, or whose houses were burned; and in the latter, because of the great boon (the grant to improve the river) bestowed on Ireland by that government of which Lord Normanby was a prominent member. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844
When he was positively obliged to dine at his own cost, he sent his tiger to fetch a couple of dishes from a cookshop, never spending more than twenty-five sous. Albert Savarus
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He insisted on the scenes of the 5th and 6th of October, and on the dinners of the Life Guards, alleging that she had at that period framed a plot, which obliged the people to go to Versailles to frustrate it. Archive 2008-10-12
Management are obliged to consult with union representatives about possible redundancies.
Before all that, Simon had been obliged to reason with Matthau, who initially insisted that he wanted to play the impossibly particular Felix rather than the slovenly Oscar because, he said, that would involve real acting.
I say fortunately, as Heaven knows what would have happened to us if we had been obliged to cross a crevassed surface in such weather as we then had. The South Pole~ The Return to Framheim
La France fit alors le blocus des côtes, ce qui obligea la cour du Siam à renoncer à toute revendication sur la rive gauche du Mékong tandis que nous gardions en otage les provinces de Chantaboun et de Paknam. KI Media
The final test obliged both competitors to take it in turns to try to drop dried peas into the narrow neck of a wine bottle. Times, Sunday Times
The minister was obliged to report at least once every six months.
They were shown the plan of a building, and the ‘greater’ members, furnished with trowels, were obliged to build it in edibles, the ‘lesser’ acting as hodmen, and bringing materials.
Manufacturers are not legally-obliged to provide you with a guarantee, but if they do it must be in plain English and clearly explain how to make a claim.
He did not feel obliged to conform to the rules that applied to ordinary men.
In 1848, however, the abdicating French King claimed the collection as his personal property, and the young Second Republic obliged, sending it after him to England, whence it was dispersed.
The shepherd, with his staff, now obliged them to move on; but no sooner did the fluter begin to play again, than his interested audience returned to him. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
Norrie, perspiring happily, obliged with an equally wonderful rendition of `Dead Ringer '. TICKLED PINK
Factory owners regularly oblige overtime hours, pregnancy tests, dismiss and blacklist workers suspected of union organizing.
The programme will oblige us to invest in higher bandwidth communication equipment for data exchange between institutions.
Earlier this week a child only 17 hours old was removed from his cot and exposed to a crowd of inquisitive strangers, for no other reason than to oblige his father, a struggling politician.
The Christian woman who can reflect upon a laborious life of domestic duty, looks back upon a scene of true virtue; and if, in order to perform the whole of her allotted task, she was obliged to repress a taste for pursuits more intellectual, the character of magnanimity is inscribed upon her conduct, however retired, or in human estimation insignificant, may have been the daily exercises to which she was appointed. Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor
Ensuite, je lui trempe les oreilles dans de l'eau et l'oblige a boire ... bien sur il bave et ne boit pas du tout alors j'humecte mes doigts et essaies d'enfoncer mon index entre c dents pour l'obliger a ouvrir la gueule. Pinku-tk Diary Entry
Junior officers in the British army require their commanding officer's permission to marry or they are obliged to resign their commission.
That evening, after having forded two rivers full of trout and pike, called Alfa and Heta, we were obliged to spend the night in a deserted building worthy to be haunted by all the elfins of Journey to the Interior of the Earth
‘I was gaining on the lead Corvette before I was obliged to execute the drive through penalty’ Chris said.
Fine sentiment, this noblesse oblige (cf. the archangelic dignity in Milton, Paradise Lost, I think). Cyropaedia
Even the junior senator from North Carolina felt obliged to express her scorn for these malefactors of great wealth.
Their gowns or tunics are so immensely long, that the fair dames are obliged to hold them up, to enable them to move; whilst a sweeping train trails after them; and over the head and round the neck is a variety of, or substitute for, the wimple, which is termed a _gorget_. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851
Insurance companies are obliged to recover the cost of everything insured when it is lost or dwoulmaged during the vwoulsid period of insurance.
I was obliged to reprimand him for the sake of discipline.
The law obliges parents to send their children to school.
They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
But as for chimney-sweeps, and collier-boys, and nailer lads, my sister has set good people to stop all that sort of thing; and very much obliged to her I am; for if she could only stop the cruel masters from ill-using poor children, I should grow handsome at least a thousand years sooner. The Water Babies
Antuñano is unfortunately very deaf, and obliged to use an ear-trumpet. Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
You need not feel obliged to contribute.
Under the new regime, companies will be obliged to assign a dollar value to retirement benefits and share options. Times, Sunday Times
Would he feel obliged to put him in bilboes and bring him to court-martial, or could he just feed him to the sharks the crew won't say nothin', or what? The pirate smiles the fabulous smile of celebrity.
I was often obliged to run my head against my old acquaintances, the Swedish feathers, whilk your honour must conceive to be double-pointed stakes, shod with iron at each end, and planted before the squad of pikes to prevent an onfall of the cavalry. A Legend of Montrose
Ricardo reasoned that if ‘Government delayed receiving the tax for one year… it would, perhaps, be obliged to issue an Exchequer bill bearing interest, and it would pay as much for interest as the consumer would save in price.’
_limax maximus_ or garden slug, known to science -- to omit from their calculations the fact that they are likely every day to receive a large number of visitors, whom they will be obliged to keep waiting; and that these people will require somewhere to wait. Jill the Reckless
Necessity made us philosophers, and we were obliged to show as much sangfroid on the subject as himself; for it was impossible to turn away without our prudery's exciting more attention than would have been pleasant.
Only in cases of difficult deliveries, which most often resulted in the death of the mother, child, or both, was the colonial midwife bound by any sort of legislation; in such a case it obliged her to seek a surgeon's aid for the suffering parturient. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
Some theologians object to the idea that a person ordained online is called a "reverend" but isn't necessarily obliged to act on all of a traditionally trained reverend's premarriage duties, such as counseling a couple before their wedding day. Chapel Bound: Getting Ordained Online
It would, of course, be easier for landlords if all letting agents were obliged by law to abide by financial protection arrangements. Times, Sunday Times
With such numberless callers as I have daily received from all parts of the United States, the frequent courtesies from the families of congressional members, and the occasionally accepted invitations to the theatre, the opera, or other public entertainments (many of which invitations, while appreciating the kindly spirit, I was obliged to decline), my leisure moments were much occupied. Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen
Tenant farmers who toiled on the estate were obliged to use the mill to grind their corn.
In a miscellaneous company, Mrs. Pryor rarely opened her lips; or, if obliged to speak, she spoke under restraint, and consequently not well; in dialogue, she was a good converser: her language, always a little formal, was well chosen; her sentiments were just; her information was varied and correct. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
He has also commissioned Andrew Roberts, the flamboyant historian, to draw up a list of events children will be obliged to learn about under a Conservative government.
I am obliged always to use the English word 'Grace' in two senses, but remember that the Greek [Greek: charis] includes them both (the bestowing, that is to say, of Beauty and Mercy); and especially it includes these in the passage of Pindar's first ode, which gives us the key to the right interpretation of the power of sculpture in Greece. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870
At one of these confabs, I was obliged to tour the floor with my new boss, who wanted to show me how schmoozing the client should be done.
He refutes the neo-Weberian argument that financial demands of warfare obliged monarchies to develop modern bureaucracies.
With the amount of misinformation out there on diesel and turbo charging diesels we feel obliged to inform you of the facts.
Legally, the council is obliged to deal with noise and air pollution and only has to respond to queries about vermin infestations.
This mechanical and repetitive work was certainly uncongenial, but so in a different way was the company that Dickens was obliged to keep.
The problem is exacerbated by the simple fact that only one side, Hamas, can call an effective halt to this because if Israel calls a ceasefire Hamas feel disobliged to observe it. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
North duly obliged and was declarer in four hearts. Times, Sunday Times
Historic nobility and royalty mostly understood the concept of noblesse obligee and ruling with the consent of the governed. Obama: Even Palin Denounced McCain's Robo-Slime
Pupils taking a science baccalaureate would be obliged to study a foreign language and those studying the arts version would have to include basic maths and science.
‘Now I am obliged to read this order to you,’ continued the Pastor quickly, holding up a document edged with gilt.
Some fast food restaurants will be obliged to install costly emission-control vents.
We were obliged to fail along clofe by the bays; and feeing multitudes fetting imder the trees, I ordered a third gun to be fired among the cocoa-nut-trees to fcare them; for my bufinefs being to wood and water, I thought it neceffary to ftrike fome terror into the inhabitants, who were very numerous, and (by what I faw now, and had formerly ex - perienced) treacherous. Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World
But if it has Security Council authority it must be answerable to the Security Council and obliged to report to it
As the author of twenty-six books, most of them biographies, I've developed a kind of motto: "The biographer is obliged to tell the truth -- even when it means saying something good about someone. Donald Spoto: Insist on the Truth -- Even When It's Good News
The first type, called futures or forwards, oblige a buyer and seller to complete a transaction at a predetermined time in the future at a price agreed upon today.
After coffee we were obliged to go to the dogana to see to the searching of all our trunks and luggage. Letters and Journals 01
Clotilde, who was very expert at this sort of architecture, was obliged to remain with the children, whilst Marian and O'Brian walked on, for standing spectator is cold work in a March wind. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
A number of German words have become current in general South Australian English (mettwurst, leberwurst or liverwurst, and the ubiquitous fritz, for example, all describing types of sausage), but spelling, especially in words containing - ie -, is often so uncertain that a correspondent in the local newspaper felt obliged to point out that a Wiener Schnitzel has nothing to do with wine and a Liedertafel need not be sorrowful. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4
The storm got worse and worse. Finally, I was obliged to abandon the car and continue on foot.
To disturb and shake a peacefully dying man simply to oblige your friend here who thinks he is a healer?
The spirit of noblesse oblige is not simply absent: it is incomprehensible to the rising generation.
Why should I be obliged to trade my rare steak for some fool's chicken Kiev?
The costs of farming obliged farmers to abandon mixed farming and autarky for market orientation and specialization.
But as philosophy was widely spread over the world, at the time when Christianity arose, the teachers of the new sect were obliged to form a system of speculative opinions; to divide, with some accuracy, their articles of faith; and to explain, comment, confute, and defend with all the subtilty of argument and science... The Volokh Conspiracy » Nonideological Evil in the Harry Potter Series:
Patients eventually develop a resistance to AIDS drugs, so doctors are obliged to rotate the type of medication.
I had promised to lend him money but finally I disobliged him for lack of money.
When every citizen is obliged to surrender DNA and a finger or retina print to a national database, it suggests that the state has some proprietary right over that information and the citizen's identity.
Truculent and self-confident as he was, he never acted against the royal authority in such a manner as to oblige the king to strike him down in secret; and it is difficult to believe that Louis XIV, peaceably seated on his throne, with all the enemies of his minority under his feet, should have revenged himself on the duke as an old Frondeur. Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
To combat this double machination of Satan, he was obliged carefully to reperuse the work, and to form this singular list of the blunders of printers working under the influence of the devil. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831
I'm not contractually obliged to do cobblers, which is how the comedy world - which is so tightly managed in this country - works. The Guardian World News
And you may be glad to oblige; it's very satisfying to dispense largesse. Times, Sunday Times
He was obliged to appear before lawmakers because in addition to unattributed articles and journals, he is also accused of lifting work from parliament's research department, a potential abuse of office. German opposition jumps on plagiarism
One of the virtues of being a royal consort rather than a politician is that you are not obliged to chase ratings. Times, Sunday Times
When I randomly opened the first volume in the Charing Cross bookshop, this is what I read: Her complexion was exquisitely fair; and it was a disadvantage to her beauty that the fashions of the day obliged her to hide the color and texture of her fine silver tresses under a load of powder and pomatum. The most unusual book in your house.
They asked for Abel as a playmate and companion to begin with and Mr Davis was pleased to oblige.
Whenever obliged to walk around the large, open-plan office, I clasp my hands firmly behind my back, rather in the manner of the Duke of Edinburgh.
'If I find it necessary to carry you away, pick-a-back, o' course I shall leave it the least bit o 'time possible afore you; but allow me to express a hope as you won't reduce me to extremities; in saying wich, I merely quote wot the nobleman said to the fractious pennywinkle, ven he vouldn't come out of his shell by means of a pin, and he conseqvently began to be afeered that he should be obliged to crack him in the parlour door.' The Pickwick papers
Divson obliged, his single hand not shaking in the least as his free one searched blind for the objects, produced them and slid them to Prast.
Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.
“I, who am upon the spot . . . know of the infinite difficulty of resisting the powerful solicitations of great men who, if disobliged, might have it in their power to obstruct the supplies Deane was then obtaining.” Robert Morris
Ah, that sounds very amiable here; but in five minutes you'll be murmuring in Miss Bandoline's ear, -- 'I've been pining to come to you this half hour, but I was obliged to take out that Miss Wilder, you see, -- countrified little thing enough, but not bad-looking, and has a rich aunt; so I've done my duty to her, but deuse take me if I can stand it any longer.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
The final test obliged both competitors to take it in turns to try to drop dried peas into the narrow neck of a wine bottle. Times, Sunday Times
I fear that yes consumerism has become the new religion and that we are now obliged to bow down before the almighty market.
Russia was also obliged to pay 6 billion gold marks in reparations.
Instead of making the case for disaster relief, he has been obliged to waste hours ‘clarifying’ initial undiplomatic remarks that he made about the stinginess of wealthy nations.
Some mornings she preferred the house to herself, alone with her thoughts instead of being obliged to listen to gossip. FINAL RESORT
One of the virtues of being a royal consort rather than a politician is that you are not obliged to chase ratings. Times, Sunday Times
Oh, well, as long as it's been an obligement to you, I don't so much care," said the virtuous Cripps. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
The act obliges people making personal injury claims to make a sworn affidavit of their claim.
It used to be culturally acceptable to burn witches, but not every judge obliged.
The Scotchman was the best supported, for his manners were pleasing, and his willingness to oblige infinite. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
This initially took the form of the Redundancy Payments Act of 1965, which obliged employers to pay compensation to employees who were made redundant.
And so, as it appeared, Mr. Dallas was of that opinion, for the very next day he applied to Chancery for a brieve to get Charles Napier served nearest and lawful heir to his uncle; and as in legal warfare, where the judges are cognisant only of patent claims, there is small room for retiring tactics, Mr. White felt himself obliged, however anxious he was to gain time, to follow his opponent's example by taking out a competing brieve in favour of Henrietta. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII
Jazz bands without drums or bass oblige the remaining participants to be extremely industrious.
In former days, a young man arriving at Calcutta as a writer, had no difficulty in raising money by borrowing from some wealthy _circar_; and many of those very young men are still hampered with debts they can never pay: though high in office, and enjoying large salaries, they are tied to the country by their creditors, to whom they are obliged to give Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.
Under the law, we were obliged to publish the paper within three months, failing which the permission would lapse.
This will oblige hundreds of farmers to limit their use of chemical fertilisers and animal manure.
The entry into loch Crinan is wide, and would admit of vefsels sailing out of it almost with any wind j and vefsels going southward cr northward with a fair wind, would not suffer any retardment by being obliged to alter th'iir course. The Bee, or, Literary weekly intelligencer [microform] : consisting of original pieces and selections from performances of merit, foreign and domestic : a work calculated to disseminate useful knowledge among all ranks of people at a small expense
Common law doesn't oblige landowners to fence off their land. Times, Sunday Times
It obliges us to be stripped of our illusions, our narrow and self-serving views.
Such analysis by some firms obliges others to gather similar information to protect themselves, or attempt to enter the market.
It is so easy to become involved in local jealousies, and to be obliged to go on seeing acquaintances TESTIMONIES
I was obliged to leed him home to John Street, where I left him in the hangry arms of Mrs. Shum. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
He was obliged to pay a ￡40 speeding fine.
The weak are obliged to submit to his exactions, or fly the country; and the aumil, unable to reduce the more powerful, is compelled to enter into a disgraceful compromise. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
In a post-rankist world, we'd all feel as obliged to keep our promises to those whom we outrank as we do to those who outrank us. Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism
Churches, unions, parties, bourgeois conventions, working-class and peasant cultures no longer furnish models which all are obliged to observe if they do not wish to be ostracized.
For at least half an hour nightly Myra wrestled with a lumpy piece of knitting - as a sort of pregnancy obligement.
Now, he was once again obliged to find a perch on the centre cowling. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
Hunger strikers no longer feel obliged to duplicate the gravitas of such famous trailblazers as the suffragettes and Gandhi.
I'd be obliged if you would complete and return the form as soon as possible.
with vain labors" on My part to purify her without being obliged to have recourse to judgments (compare Isa 43: 24; Mal 2: 17) [Maurer]. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Kiss Chase Kate, they sold her pints on the promise of a peek, a snatch, a snapshot carved into a keyhole, a freezeframe of the zoetrope, and though she thought she'd left that all behind, behind the bikeshed, she obliged; Day 13: Bikesheds
The higgler to whom the hare was sold, being unfortunately taken many months after with a quantity of game upon him, was obliged to make his peace with the squire, by becoming evidence against some poacher. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Serbia they were obliged to stand and watch the janissaries come back to the pashalik of Belgrade, though the Turks had sworn this should not be. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
Professor Bastian, in considering the heterogenetic phenomena of "living matter," is obliged to fall back, near the end of his great work, on "the countless myriads of living units which have been evolved (?) in the different ages of the world's history. Life: Its True Genesis
Gripes, by means of the aluminous sharp Particles of its Earth; Its Air is also so bad, as has obliged several to remove from its Situation for their The London and Country Brewer
Every ambitious 19th-century show, especially in the area of Impessionism and post-Impressionism, has been obliged to borrow from this fabulous trove of avant-garde painting.
I was struck recently by the way modern men feel obliged to advise rising generations. Times, Sunday Times
It was only fitting that there should be a female winner on Ladies Day and trainer Venetia Williams obliged when Limerick Boy won the novices' hurdle handicap.
-- That he would not suffer a soldier to handle an axe, but by fire and sword oblige the inhabitants to do it. ... Life of George Washington — Volume 01

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