Example sentences of "[noun] have a duty " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Boards have a duty to keep the church ‘ in good repair ’ but , in SAVE 's experience , some fail to carry out even the most basic maintenance . |
| 32 | ‘ Checks and balances guard against undue concentrations of power and make certain that all the interests which boards have a duty to consider are properly taken into account . ’ |
| 33 | Checks and balances guard against undue concentrations of power and make certain that all the interests which boards have a duty to consider are properly taken into account . ’ |
| 34 | Senior officials have a duty to protect junior officials and to set standards for those lower down . |
| 35 | Surely local health officials have a duty to make the most of the limited funds at their disposal . |
| 36 | However , the curator has a duty to the estate rather than to the ward , and may save money , not spend it to benefit the ward . |
| 37 | Whether or not he does it , every person has a duty to God not to ‘ harm another in his life , … liberty , … or goods ’ , and so has a parallel right to defend himself against such attack . |
| 38 | The organisation has a duty to use all the knowledge in its possession for the benefit of its investment customers . |
| 39 | But only that the community as a whole has a duty to provide adequate protection in some way . |
| 40 | Thersites has a duty in the play : to point out the egotism of the warriors , and the reality behind their ‘ valiant ’ exteriors . |
| 41 | Whatever the uncertainty about whether God exists , the theist has a duty to be precise about what he or she means by ‘ God ’ . |
| 42 | The court had a duty to protect the liberty to publish , by ensuring that the existing ambit of restraints was not extended . |
| 43 | The defence of " fair information on a matter of public interest " was not enough to attract privilege unless the newspaper had a duty to publish the information to the public at large , whose members had a corresponding interest in receiving it . |
| 44 | Each Authority has a duty to provide its respective radio and television services as public services for the dissemination of information , education and entertainment , and to ensure that its programmes maintain a high general standard , in particular as respects their quality and content , and a proper balance and wide range of subject matter … . |
| 45 | For example , if a local authority has a duty to cause streets in its area to be ‘ sufficiently lit ’ , how many lights does this require it to install ? |
| 46 | In addition , the chief finance officer of a local authority has a duty to report to councillors and auditors if he or she believes there is the possibility of the authority incurring unlawful expenditure ( Local Government Finance Act 1988 : clause 14 ) . |
| 47 | He must know when the local authority has a duty to investigate and how that investigation should be conducted . |
| 48 | Once notified the authority has a duty to consider the welfare of such children and to act where necessary to safeguard and promote a child 's welfare . |
| 49 | In addition , the authority has a duty to promote contact between the child and his parents , relatives , friends and others connected with him ( Sched 3 , para 15(1) ) . |
| 50 | So long as balance is defined in terms of the quantity of party coverage — and not whether it is favourable or unfavourable — then the only justification for awarding the government extra coverage is that the government represents order , stability , and legitimate authority , which the media has a duty to support . |
| 51 | Under Section 26 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 , the Commission has a duty to undertake comparative and other studies to enable it to make recommendations for improving VFM . |
| 52 | For example , the Secretary of State for the Environment has a duty , not just a power , to compile lists of buildings of historic and architectural interest . |
| 53 | THE SECRETARY of State for the Environment has a duty — not just a power — laid on him by parliament , to compile lists of buildings which are of historic and architectural interest . |
| 54 | In other respects an interim supervision order is very like a full order ( see 8(c) below ) and the supervisor has a duty to advise , assist and befriend the child . |
| 55 | While a supervision order is in force the supervisor has a duty to : ( i ) advise , assist and befriend the supervised child ; ( ii ) take such steps as are reasonably necessary to give effect to the order ; ( iii ) consider whether or not to apply for discharge or variation where the order is not wholly complied with or may no longer be necessary ( s35(1) ) . |
| 56 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister for his patience but er on the other hand it could be argued that it 's no use having a duty to report fraud unless you also have a duty to detect fraud . |
| 57 | They are public bodies having a duty a accountability both to central government and to the electorate in their area . |
| 58 | The Chief Executive replied that the health authority had a duty to provide care without charge if : |
| 59 | The Commission actively encourages private parties to seek remedies before the national courts and in a recent case the European Court held that the Commission had a duty to assist national courts by making confidential Community documents and witnesses available in national proceedings . |
| 60 | The distribution of legal responsibility for the education of children is such that parents have , in effect , a duty to send their children to school , and the state has a duty to educate them when they get there . |