Example sentences of "a duty [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Brown was followed in Pitchley ( 1972 ) 57 Cr App R 30 ( CA ) , where the accused was under a duty to withdraw money from his bank account and return it to the owner . |
| 3 | Usually the Law ignores what we get up to down in Deptford , but firing off shotguns is something they have a duty to respond to . |
| 4 | The Northern Ireland Secretary , Sir Patrick Mayhew , has told the Commons that the Government had a duty to respond to IRA overtures on how the conflict in Northern Ireland could be ended . |
| 5 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 6 | ‘ A national court which is called upon , within the limits of its jurisdiction , to apply provisions of Community law is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions , if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any conflicting provisions of national legislation , even if adopted subsequently , and it is not necessary for the court to request or await the prior setting aside of such provisions by legislative or other constitutional means . |
| 7 | But the voluntary assumption by the creditor of the röle of adviser may impose on the creditor a duty to give proper and adequate advice with the risk of liability in damages in the event of a breach . |
| 8 | In his judgment Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. said that in deciding whether a tribunal was under a duty to give reasons for its decision , one considered , first , the character of the decision-making body and , secondly , the framework in which it operated . |
| 9 | A duty to give reasons can also perform a more general function . |
| 10 | In addition , legislation both primary and secondary , has imposed a duty to give reasons in specific situations . |
| 11 | In that case the House of Lords stated that the Minister had a duty to give genuine consideration to a report of an inspector concerning the siting of a new town at Stevenage and to consider objections to that position . |
| 12 | A national court which is called upon … to apply provisions of Community law is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions , if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any conflicting provisions of national legislation , even if adopted subsequently , and it is not necessary for the court to request or await a prior setting aside of such provisions by legislative or constitutional means . |
| 13 | Under reg 10 of the Transfer Regulations , the vendor is under a duty to give recognised trade unions certain information about the business sale and the vendor is under a duty to consult with the unions if either the vendor or the purchaser envisages he will take " measures " in relation to the transfer . |
| 14 | When Mr George was said he did n't want to give evidence , the judge , Mr Justice Auld , said he had a duty to give evidence … he should sit down and prepare for it . |
| 15 | Do think the rest of us in , in , in the Western world have a duty to give them money to , to help sort out the pollution problem ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Do n't you have a duty to support … . ’ |
| 18 | I have a duty to support just governments in foreign countries , even though they have no legitimate power over me . |
| 19 | This is associated with an acceptance of a duty to support . |
| 20 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 21 | If they do not achieve office they are still in a special relationship to government in which , while some advantages may accrue from being a member of the ruling party and having many colleagues and friends in office , there may also be disadvantages in that party allegiance implies a duty to support the government . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ The League has a duty to support and encourage every club but lending any club money is clearly outside its remit . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | a duty of confidentiality — each particular arm of a conglomerate is under a duty to retain confidential information obtained from a corporate client , known as the beneficiary , and to use that information for the benefit of the client and not for its own or some other person 's benefit . |
| 26 | As the courts have not articulated more precisely the content of the duty to act in the interests of the company we will continue to describe directors as being under a duty to maximise profits . |
| 27 | Where the risk is considered too serious for the children to remain in their family , they have a duty to provide alternative care , in foster homes or other forms of residential care ( and there is a duty to monitor children 's safety and well-being in these situations also ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The organisation has a duty to use all the knowledge in its possession for the benefit of its investment customers . |
| 30 | She was under a duty to use the money to pay the gas bills ( cf. Hall , where the accused was not under a duty to use that money for that holiday ) . |