Example sentences of "have a duty [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A communication is protected if it is made to a person who has a duty to receive and act upon it : thus complaints to " higher authority " are privileged , whenever the authority complained to is in a position to investigate or discipline or supervise . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The board of the vendor company also has a duty to deal fairly between all shareholders of the same class , although it does not need to treat them exactly the same if there are particular reasons for different treatment , as in the case of regulatory or exchange control requirements applying to overseas shareholders . |
| 4 | Unlike this government , we would invest in you : every government has a duty to use its resources to extend freedom , opportunity and choice to all its citizens and this is particularly true for the young . |
| 5 | The organisation has a duty to use all the knowledge in its possession for the benefit of its investment customers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A duty is something black and white : once we know what it is that a body has a duty to do and what it actually did , we can say either that the authority has performed its duty or that it has not . |
| 8 | However , I 'm sure everyone around the table will be conscious that one of the things the panel has a duty to do is to consider what is in the light of national guidance . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | He has a duty to enforce the law of the land . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In many areas , the Company acts as a contractor on behalf of the host Government and has a duty to support and respect this trust . |
| 13 | ‘ The League has a duty to support and encourage every club but lending any club money is clearly outside its remit . ’ |
| 14 | But Professor Leadbetter also feels the laboratory has a duty to serve British industry , which , he said , lags behind Japan and the United States in the exploitation of advanced facilities such as the SRS . |
| 15 | Accordingly , the board of the vendor company has a duty to act in the best interests of the company , its shareholders and its employees , and can not therefore reject a management buy-out without due consideration . |
| 16 | One has a duty to obey those in authority over one even in circumstances in which disobedience does not imperil their existence or functioning . |
| 17 | It can be a problem if , for example , the groom speaks no English : either he , or the bride and her family , may feel he ought to have the opportunity to speak at his own wedding , or that he has a duty to honour his hosts by thanking them publicly . |
| 18 | Do n't forget that in his tenancy agreement , he has a duty to control pests , which includes foxes . |
| 19 | THE MANAGING director of Eurotunnel , Tony Ridley , made it clear yesterday that the Government is ultimately responsible for the Channel tunnel rail link and has a duty to see the project completed successfully . |
| 20 | 473 , C.A. , a case frequently cited by Lord Denning : under a contract of sale by A to B , B has a duty to open a confirmed credit . |
| 21 | The director of a company has a duty to carry on the business of that company in all respects in good faith for the benefit of that company and not for the benefit of other group companies . |
| 22 | The system as a whole is overseen by the Director General of Electricity Supply , who has a duty to promote competition in generation and supply . |
| 23 | 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) ) . |
| 24 | A legally aided party who is successful in proceedings has a duty to claim costs if it would be in the interests of a paying client to do so in the same circumstances . |
| 25 | Founded by a breakaway group of journalists from Sounds , it has gone on to outsell its progenitor and , though primarily star-oriented , considers it has a duty to reflect the grass-roots scene as well . |
| 26 | One has a duty to uphold and support authorities if they meet the conditions of the service conception as explained above . |
| 27 | Tewkesbury Borough Council says it has a duty to uphold planning regulations . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |
| 30 | Maconochie was the originator of the ‘ mark ’ system of prison discipline , which was based on the conviction that the state has a duty to reform criminals , and that positive encouragement was more effective than punitive measures . |