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In most schools physical education is compulsory.compulsory = required by rule
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Words like compulsory and duty were beaten into the page.† (source)
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"I hadn't realized it was compulsory," I grumbled.† (source)
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"Attendance is now compulsory for every young witch and wizard," he replied.† (source)
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Attendance at Prayvaganzas isn't compulsory for them, especially if they're on duty or have young children, but the galleries seem to be filling up anyway.† (source)
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It ought to be compulsory for all policemen to have small children.† (source)
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The rule here is that one must be escorted up to the reading room in a lift, whose cramped space makes small talk compulsory as far as I'm concerned.† (source)
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That the party to which Hist compulsorily belonged was not one that was regularly on the war path, was evident by the presence of females.† (source)
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As though something in their family genes had bestowed on them compulsory bumps that appeared randomly on different parts of their bodies.† (source)
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Nor am I prepared to accept the verdict of the medical gentlemen who would compulsorily sanitate and register Mrs Warren, whilst leaving Mrs Warren's patrons, especially her military patrons, free to destroy her health and anybody else's without fear of reprisals.† (source)
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It was compulsory.† (source)
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Not only, therefore, does this union of power subdue them compulsorily, but it affects them in the ordinary habits of life, and influences each individual, first separately and then collectively.† (source)
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Later, our personality journalist speculates on where Uncle Enzo will stay when he makes his compulsory trip to our Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.† (source)
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War does not always give over democratic communities to military government, but it must invariably and immeasurably increase the powers of civil government; it must almost compulsorily concentrate the direction of all men and the management of all things in the hands of the administration.† (source)
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Robberies from Jews, their compulsory evacuation, deportations for labour in Germany were going on all the time, but we had become accustomed to it.† (source)
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She smiles, but on her the expression looks compulsory, like she's just adhering to a social convention.† (source)
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