‘In English the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the _imperative_ mood to express a command.’

‘The passive voice gives a sense of detached and objective authority that, in contrast to the _imperative_ mode, is expressive of neutrality.’

‘the bell pealed again, a final _imperative_ call’

‘It's an _imperative_ and ornate exhortation to lay open your nerves and unabashedly, unapologetically feel.’

‘immediate action was _imperative_ ’

‘it is _imperative_ that standards are maintained’

‘the biological _imperatives_ which guide male and female behaviour’

‘Indeed, the idea that ‘we shouldn't impose our personal moral views on other people’ sounds itself like an absolute moral _imperative_ .’

‘Now qumi could be a feminine singular _imperative_ meaning ‘arise’ in either Hebrew or Aramaic.’

‘When Anglicans and Presbyterians used direct _imperatives_ , they have a preference for the verbs ‘help’ and ‘teach’.’

‘free movement of labour was an economic _imperative_ ’

‘Chief among these challenges are the need for a new type of salesperson and the _imperative_ to win acceptance of value-based prices by third-party payers.’

‘With a slogan in the _imperative_ for every page, each designed to stimulate or simulate happiness, the calendar is a study in conventional contentment.’

‘Their relation sometimes shows that the _imperative_ is no longer the consequence of the indicative, but an inseparable part of the kerygmatic indicative.’