adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be forced to admit sth
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The government was forced to admit that the policy had never really worked.
be forced/driven into exile
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Many of his political opponents have been forced into exile.
forced a division
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MPs forced a division on the bill.
forced entry (= when someone gets into a building illegally by breaking a door, window etc )
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There were no signs of a forced entry, but several paintings were missing.
forced entry
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The police found no signs of forced entry.
forced labour
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Two million suffered imprisonment or forced labour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
entry
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The lock itself seemed good, though wrenched away by the forced entry .
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There was no sign of a forced entry and at first detectives on the tax-haven island were baffled.
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Upstairs, Donna heard the sound of forced entry , her eyes still fixed on the barely moving form of Stark.
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Surely she'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry .
labour
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It can be argued that forced labour has not ceased but merely changed its form.
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These were State enterprises, engineered by the military, and using convict and forced labour .
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A forced labour camp, they call it.
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Consequently, they were to be subjected to forced labour to pay the equivalent.
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They were executed or sentenced to long periods of forced labour .
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In 1769 1,375 people were at work on it, many of them prisoners at forced labour .
landing
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The pilot saw a field ahead and slightly left of the aircraft which he considered the best forced landing area.
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Callaghan had made a forced landing in a field, but they had seen him get out.
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He called the aircraft and was advised that both engines had flamed out and that a forced landing would be necessary.
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A turn to the left off the runway heading was made to bring the aircraft over land for the forced landing .
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Both engines failed due to bird ingestion and the aircraft made a forced landing in a field beyond the end of the runway.
loan
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Privy seals were sent out for forced loans from about 1590.
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Finally, she raised a forced loan , never repaid, of £109,000.
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He was active in Westmorland over the forced loan .
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Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan .
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He was amongst those who defaulted over payment of the forced loan at Northampton in 1627.
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Direct taxation - including forced loans and benevolences - produced only about 35 percent.
repatriation
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More than 13,000 boat people in three Hong Kong detention camps demonstrated against forced repatriation on Nov. 11-12.
sale
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The recession has also clearly produced forced sales of businesses as well as more measured ones.
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A side depleted by the forced sales of Paul Simpson and Lee Nogan.
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The forced sale was over in a matter of hours.
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When the housing market collapsed, it appears that this property was affected because it became the subject of a forced sale .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The applause seemed forced rather than appreciative.
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The plane had to make a forced landing in a field.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It can be used as a forced air convection oven alone - forced air being faster than conventional static hot air.
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The forced camaraderie and freedom from normal constraints may have its attractions.
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The pilot saw a field ahead and slightly left of the aircraft which he considered the best forced landing area.