Example sentences of "a duty [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | In Swain v West ( Butchers ) Ltd it was held that an employee , having learnt of detrimental behaviour of another employee , which was relevant to his employer 's business , was under a duty to report that fact to his employers . |
| 9 | Since school-yard games brought instant history lessons from the PE teacher , all small boys have known that we , the British , ‘ gave ’ football to the world and have a duty to uphold this heritage . |
| 10 | The common duty of care is a duty to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted by the occupier to be there . |
| 11 | the occupier of premises does not owe any such duty to a trespasser : he does not owe to the trespasser a duty to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the trespasser will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is trespassing . |
| 12 | The duty is in s. 2(2) of the Act : The common duty of care is a duty to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted to be there . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Where premises are let under a tenancy which puts on the landlord an obligation to the tenant for the maintenance or repair of the premises , the landlord owes to all persons who might reasonably be expected to be affected by defects in the state of the premises a duty to take such care as is reasonable in all the circumstances to see that they are reasonably safe from personal injury or from damage to their property caused by a relevant defect . |
| 14 | Employees have a duty to take reasonable care in the performance of their duties . |
| 15 | Where an innkeeper exercises the right of lien over the property of a guest , the innkeeper owes to the guest whose property the innkeeper is retaining a duty to take reasonable care of the property in question . |
| 16 | Employees are themselves under a duty to take reasonable care not to injure others in the course of their work . |
| 17 | The House found that the defendant had not fulfilled such a duty to take reasonable care and was thus liable to the plaintiff for the damage caused to her health . |
| 18 | A director owes a duty to take reasonable care in the discharge of his or her duties as a director . |
| 19 | That tort , we think , consists essentially of a breach by the defendant of a duty to take reasonable care which causes damage to the plaintiff . |
| 20 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 21 | This is a duty to take reasonable care for the visitor 's safety for the purposes for which he was permitted to be there . |
| 22 | Equally , where the lift is an essential means of access he will be under a duty to take reasonable care to keep it in working order ( Liverpool City Council v Irwin ) . |
| 23 | ‘ But we — Claire , and I , and a lot of other women — have been wondering how much longer you were going to make money writing articles about the women 's movement before you felt a duty to take some kind of action . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Thus , the local authority will have parental responsibility for the child , a duty to review the case in accordance with the regulations , a duty to allow reasonable contact as specified in s34 ( see 8(b) below ) and a duty to comply with s23 and the relevant regulations when placing the child . |
| 26 | As such , they had a duty to enter each ale-house on a Saturday night as well as to ensure that Sunday was treated by townsfolk with due sobriety . |
| 27 | The governing body has a duty to consider that advice . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | A duty to provide reasonable refreshment . |
| 30 | An innkeeper , as we have seen , is under a duty to provide reasonable refreshment if so required and accommodation to a traveller ; hence , the innkeeper has a right of lien over a traveller 's property as well as over a guests ' to ensure that the traveller 's bill is duly paid . |