Example sentences of "it be the duty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the travel facilities were provided on a more beneficial basis to male employees , this constituted a breach of Article 119 , it being the duty of the English courts to apply Article 119 , which overrode the English law . |
| 2 | The defence to the action was that there was no consideration for the promise of payment , it being the duty of the county council to supply police protection ; there was also a counterclaim for £1,330 4s. , the cost of feeding and housing the police supplied . |
| 3 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 4 | No one would argue about that and she believes it 's the duty of any prime minister to lead from the front . |
| 5 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 6 | Now I believe it 's the duty of the G M B and the trade union movement to first publicize the problem then we need a campaign and a strategy to avoid it , and that is going back to decent pension funds . |
| 7 | It 's the duty of one of her own to avenge her . |
| 8 | I wonder how many of you are dreading it , it 's the duty visits , it 's the duty receiving is n't it really ? |
| 9 | I wonder how many of you are dreading it , it 's the duty visits , it 's the duty receiving is n't it really ? |
| 10 | If you have got a murder on your hands , it 's the duty of all of us to report anything , however insignificant or innocent it may appear . |
| 11 | It 's the duty of every athlete to be aware of what he or she is taking . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , so committed is RUC management to the principle of community policing that , in addition to specialist units , the new code of professional ethics specifies that it is the duty of all policemen and women to understand ‘ those particular community needs and problems which can cause concern and friction ’ , and be sensitive to ‘ the various public viewpoints , including historical and cultural backgrounds ’ . |
| 13 | ACCURACY It is the duty of newspapers not to publish deliberately or recklessly inaccuracies or statements designed to mislead and to correct promptly and with due prominence significant inaccuracies which they have published , apologising for these where appropriate . |
| 14 | In particular it is the duty of newspapers to allow people or bodies they attack editorially a reasonable opportunity to reply . |
| 15 | It is the duty of editors to ensure that inquiries into people 's private lives are not undertaken , and information or pictures about their private lives are not published , unless inquiry or publication can be justified as being necessary in the public interest . |
| 16 | It is the duty of the community to provide through its social and welfare services the advice and support which such parents and children need … such help should always be directed towards building up the responsibility of the parents whenever this is at all possible ( Home Office , 1960 ) . |
| 17 | The Speaker 's Commission stressed that the ‘ entitlements ’ of citizenship should be protected : ‘ The Commission considers that it is the duty of government to enable people to have an equal opportunity to participate in citizenship . |
| 18 | It does not follow that it is the duty of government to provide these services — the duty could be discharged by securing that they are available from other sources : this is what is implied by the distinction between the providing and enabling state . |
| 19 | So for example , the inclusion of conservation principles in the constitution is a symbolic statement to which all people ‘ should ’ give their allegiance , and it is the duty of all governments to uphold and abide by it . |
| 20 | And remember , in accordance with the Public Health Act 1936 , amended in 1961 , it is the duty of every water authority to ensure that all supplies are clean , clear , inodorous , wholesome and palatable ! |
| 21 | It is the duty of us all to ensure that an entire cultural group is not tainted by the actions of a criminal minority . |
| 22 | Accordingly , ‘ it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner 's guilt ’ , which is , in Lord Sankey 's words , the ‘ golden thread ’ running through English criminal justice . |
| 23 | But it is necessary to start on this battle at school , and it is the duty of teachers to give all the help they can to their pupils to win each engagement . |
| 24 | Indeed in such a lawsuit it is the duty of the local authority to prove that they have the power rather than the person who challenges the action to prove that the local authority has no such power . |
| 25 | If an abatement notice , served in compliance with s.93 of the 1936 Act , is not complied with at the expiry of the specified time , or the local authority thinks that the nuisance , although abated , is likely to recur , s.94(1) of that Act provides that it is the duty of the local authority to institute summary proceedings for a nuisance order , in order to obtain compliance with the notice or otherwise abatement of the nuisance . |
| 26 | There is a kind of corporate responsibility , and as long as a government is just it is a citizen 's duty to support it , but when the actions or a government hurt the individual and harm the nation it is the duty of a citizen to withdraw his support . |
| 27 | But surely it is the duty of an influential paper like yours to point out to your readers the facts that marriage and ‘ scoring ’ babies are the cause of more nervous breakdowns , violence and jumping off tall buildings under the impression that you can fly than any other form of domestic arrangement . |
| 28 | The judge , Justice James , explained that ‘ it is the duty of the court to watch the situation and see that certain questions are not asked and , if they are asked , to see that they are not answered ’ . |
| 29 | It is the duty of the police in most countries to ensure that only authorised people have access to the accident site , and the fire and rescue services should be properly briefed not to disturb wreckage unnecessarily when removing victims , baggage or mail . |
| 30 | It is the duty of the Chair to make certain the procedures are adhered to . |