And the agency does feel compelled to act on tax problems that appear in the newspapers.

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He was compelled to act, and his first stroke of luck was that he picked up no bad habits from teachers.

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But Congress cannot be compelled to act, as it proves yearly.

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The SEC may have felt compelled to act partly because many pension fund operators appear oblivious to the conflicts inherent in the advice they are receiving.

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Interestingly, even Bill Clinton felt compelled to act in what would now be called a "unilateral" fashion by refusing to sign onto a fatally flawed ban on anti-personnel landmines.

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That is why we felt compelled to act now.

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And even though the health secretary has now intervened, many NHS trusts will still not be compelled to act because they have foundation trust status which gives them autonomy from central government.

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But they could yet feel compelled to act.

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But they may yet feel compelled to act.

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They said they felt compelled to act after the Scottish government and the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) "refused to heed their fears" over a new bill that would "further damage a profession that has had to absorb a series of crippling cuts in recent years".

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The Court held that students in a free society could not be compelled to engage in an act that amounted to a rejection of their most deeply held beliefs.

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