Example sentences of "the [noun] have a duty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Gerard Vaughan , a former health minister , was especially vocal in condemning the action , but others took the view that the ‘ informer ’ in the case had a duty to report an action which possibly constituted a crime against another human being ; |
| 2 | In most cases the court would be expected to terminate the welfare officer 's involvement as the guardian has a duty to consider and report on all the options including the making of private law orders . |
| 3 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said the West had a duty to back Mr Yeltsin in his power struggle . |
| 4 | The Law Lords held that this publication was protected by qualified privilege : the Council had a duty to leap to the General 's defence , and the privilege was not lost by the fact of world-wide publication , because " a man who makes a statement on the floor of the House of Commons makes it to all the world … it was only plain justice to the General that the ambit of contradiction should be spread so wide as , if possible , to meet the false accusation wherever it went . " |
| 5 | For example , it may be that some legal point has arisen and the Council has a duty to provide legal advice if required . |
| 6 | Under the 1950 Shops Act the council has a duty to prosecute shops which trade on a Sunday . |
| 7 | ‘ The constable has a duty to tell the defendant of his right to have the specimens of breath replaced by what I shall call a section [ 7(4) ] specimen , where the intoximeter readings show 50 microgrammes of alcohol or less in 100 millilitres of breath . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the director has a duty not to make a secret profit out of transactions with the company . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She sought a declaration that the coroner had a duty to hold an inquest into the death . |
| 11 | Speaking in a radio interview , he said the group had a duty to dispel myths about the treatment of Roman Catholics in the province . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The court had a duty to protect the liberty to publish , by ensuring that the existing ambit of restraints was not extended . |
| 15 | The organisation has a duty to use all the knowledge in its possession for the benefit of its investment customers . |
| 16 | Whatever the uncertainty about whether God exists , the theist has a duty to be precise about what he or she means by ‘ God ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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) ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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) ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The Government have a duty and I am here to answer it — — if the House will give me an opportunity . |
| 28 | Three-quarters of all Germans now believe that the government has a duty to provide them with a job and a house . |
| 29 | They accepted that the state had a duty to uphold morality and that private morality ought to be subject to the law as it affected society . |
| 30 | 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 . |