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77 examples of Oblige in a sentence

They wanted it messy, and we were happy to oblige.
Bugs is happy to oblige into he figures out that the new job is in taxidermy...and that taxidermy has to do with stuffing animals.
If so they came to the right place for the amoral Loic is happy to oblige, first by seducing Nicole - not terribly difficult as she was ripe for seduction - and then, with less success, Jean-Marie.
I reach to a conclusion: Monica Bellucci is a good actress when her role doesn't oblige her to speak.
The Alliance would not be happy to apply Article 5 of the NATO charter, which would oblige its members to fight for Israel if it were attacked by any of its many potential enemies in an endemically dangerous region.
And, as if this were not enough, 25 of the 27 EU member states have just agreed on a new treaty (called a “fiscal compact”) that would oblige them never to have a cyclically adjusted budget deficit of more than 0.5% of GDP.
Greece's largest private media, controlled by the country's oligarchs, are happy to oblige.
The proposed amendment would oblige countries to protect nuclear material when it is being used or stored, not just when it is being transported internationally, as is the case now.
While Yellen’s arguments are correct, the Fed’s entitlement to participate in international negotiations does not oblige it to do so, and a new appointee might argue that it should not.
At the end of a recent visit to Beijing with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Mukhtar reported that the Chinese government was more than happy to oblige whatever requests for assistance the Pakistani side made, including reaching an agreement to take over operation of the Gwadar port after the existing contract with a Singaporean government company expires.
But, while member states must agree unanimously on all key decisions, their mandates oblige them to view EU issues through the prism of national interest.
Moreover, the JCPOA will oblige Iran to reduce its number of centrifuges, which are used in the enrichment process, progressively for the next ten years.
If Europeans want to be divided and ruled, the US is happy to oblige.
Such a pact would oblige governments to use fiscal and wage policies as well as overall economic policy to achieve external balance.
Furthermore, an External Stability Pact would oblige governments to take into account the consequences for other member states when designing national economic reforms.
It also means working with developing countries to help them develop modern, clean energy sources that provide cheap, locally produced power, and do not oblige them to buy fossil fuels.
For example, forced solidarity will oblige any hard-working farmer in Benin who has accumulated some wealth over the years to share the fruit of his labor with his enlarged family, including distant relatives.
At the same time, other factors may well oblige Venezuela’s next president to alter the country’s foreign policy in some ways.
British officials are also deeply concerned about measures that would oblige clearinghouses that transact their business primarily in euros to be located within the single-currency area.
Catholicism does not oblige its adherents to run hospitals and universities.
While the Council eventually agreed to cover the difference in the 2012 budget, an even greater shortfall is forecast for this year – and many member states are unable to oblige the Commission’s request for an additional €11.2 billion to cover these outstanding liabilities.
The Fed is seeking to oblige foreign banks to create a holding company to own their separately capitalized subsidiaries, effectively giving the Fed direct oversight of their business.
The directive, which would oblige airlines to provide governments with the names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card details, and travel itineraries of people traveling to and from airports in the EU, is expected to be voted on early this year.
If businesses will not oblige, an income-tax cut would do the trick.
All of these profound transformations oblige us to reflect seriously on who we are, could be, and would like to become.
In order to defeat them, the opposition needs more sophisticated weapons – and its backers are ready to oblige.
The amendment adopted ten years ago would oblige countries to protect nuclear facilities and any nuclear material used, stored, or transported domestically.
I consider anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and prejudice against Christianity crimes against humanity, whose common values and ethical rules oblige us to confront and reject all forms of discrimination.
In late November, India’s largest state, BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, introduced a new law to combat the largely imaginary crime of “love jihad” – a conspiracy theory claiming that Muslim men seduce Hindu women as a ploy to oblige them to convert to Islam through marriage.
The internationally recognized “Responsibility to Protect” should be augmented by the “Responsibility to Respect,” which would oblige governments to pursuit social justice beyond the scope of the immediate conflict.
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