How To Use Duty In A Sentence

It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.
Tre is going to be on suntan lotion duty quite a lot on the cruise. The Sun
These provisions, although expressed at a level of great generality, have often been invoked by those who posit the existence of a broad international duty to cooperate or a right to solidarity.
It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.

The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
(Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. TRICONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
But a family planning a wedding reception would be able to claim exemption from import duty.
And, I might add, the ignominy of being caught evading customs duty on several lakhs worth of luxury goods.
If you have more than the duty-free allowance or prohibited goods, you go through the red channel and declare them to a customs officer.
A similar problem came up yesterday in reading a Boris Akunin story called Strast' i dolg Passion and duty, set in an alternate Russia which has revived tsardom, along with its Table of Ranks and all the rest of the imperial paraphernalia. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
Most fledgling parents or parents-to-be feel duty-bound to invest in some sort of guide to looking after a new baby, and publishers, naturally, feel duty-bound to take advantage of that by churning out one guide after another.
Mariah excused her for doorbell duty and we all lounged out on the floor and sofa.
The claim was for breach of statutory duty and negligence.
This requires that the public and lawmakers have confidence that those entrusted to uphold the law will comply with it themselves, both on and off duty. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports.
For all its heart-thumping glory, it can also come with a heavy-duty helping of awkwardness and anxiety.
It has to be something of substance, some legal, moral or even social duty, but it has to have substance.
The judge praised the firefighters for their bravery and devotion to duty.
During employment the employee could not use or disclose this information without breaching the duty of fidelity.
Then to take that used (2002 model) ca on a trailer to (let's say Brownsville, TX) unload it and meet my wife at the Mexican border office in Matamoros and both of us put our names on it after paying the duty so that we could both drive that car with Mexican plates in Mexico. Need Advice on Retiring to Mexico & Getting Married to a Mexican National
The obscurity of the pleading which is, if I may so with respect to the drafter of it, exceedingly clever, because the pleading is in terms always of a duty of care to do something and it is there the elision of two very separate ideas.
In addition, the convention seeks to impose an afﬁrmative duty on states to prohibit, and perhaps prevent, mercenarism. David Isenberg: Outsourcing War and Peace: Part 2
It's my duty to pass on the tradition of the great Alaskan lead dogs.
This was to be my first real public duty as a guardsman and butterflies fluttered in my stomach.
The trade-off for drivers would be the abolition of road tax and fuel duty, and more spending on the road network. Times, Sunday Times
Look at the uproar from the Police auth in the Met over officer (gulp) carrying guns on duty in public! Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The discipline of the guards is not very good. Sentry duty wearies them, for they must also serve as torturers, interrogators and perform the duties of kidnappers.
The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to.
We have wind, this is heavy duty, serious blowy stuff.
He was excused as physically unfit for duty.
However, there are 120 moneybags written to oppose the abolition of estate duty.
What is the man's first duty? The answer is brief: to be himself.
He was convicted and jailed for four years and three months for evading 8,000 excise duty at Maidstone crown court. The Sun
During the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to the prison service.
Sometimes people don't just pick up the phone & ring Crimestoppers out of some sense of duty, but they will do it for filthy luker. 200 Weeks
The group claims the airlines neglected their duty of care by failing to take adequate steps to prevent passengers developing economy class syndrome.
It was the duty of her noble hosts to lay on entertainments as she went about the country.
The emergency equipment includes food, a first-aid kit, and a heavy-duty flashlight.
In their immaculate uniforms they go through safety procedures and tirelessly parade the aisles, pushing trolleys laden with drinks, meals and duty free.
The other recurring problem is the avoidance of military service by privileged youth during peacetime and combat duty during wars.
The motoring body said it showed changes in vehicle excise duty to make more owners pay would likely dampen enthusiasm for such vehicles. The Sun
The refusal to pray for an unbelieving kindred is justified, according to Mahomet, by the duty of a prophet, and the example of Abraham, who reprobated his own father as an enemy of God. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
A total of 110,000 security personnel will be on duty at the Games, with airspace around venues tightly guarded and navy gunboats patrolling the waters around the city.
Local authorities have a duty to keep the streets clean.
Then the regional financial crisis hit and suddenly the air was full of accusations of bureaucratic ineptitude, corruption and outright dereliction of duty.
As already indicated, to make a contract that insurance should be in place is all that would be needed, and that is not a difficult or onerous duty to perform.
This was not an easy decision. It is, however, a decision that we feel is dictated by our duty.
I was on duty morning, noon, and night.
He then remembered that he was on duty and said he would be more than willing for Harry to borrow his car.
In the duty of accumulation -- and I call it a _duty_, in the most strict and literal signification of that word -- all below a competence is most valuable, and its acquisition most laudable; but all above a fortune is a misfortune. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
Hospitality - caritas - became a duty for all Christians, whether the one to whom aid was proffered or from whom it was received was a family or tribal member, or a stranger.
The post-contract duty involves duty of notification, duty of giving assistance, duty of keeping secret, duty of care and duty of no competition in the same industry and so on.
Rather, he peddled bromides about journalism: ‘I said that a journalist's duty was to report the truth, not support a cause.’
Doing sentry duty at 2am in the wet and cold. Times, Sunday Times
I stammer something about the duty-free shops at Sydney airport. Times, Sunday Times
Does a right always involve a correlative duty?
The junior deckhand on duty had fallen asleep, chronically fatigued after his eight hours' sleep in the previous 24 hours were broken into three periods.
Labour often postponed planned duty rises when world oil prices were rising. The Sun
There were over 100 police on duty at the demonstration.
The only people who had to abide by any duty of standing with their lord were the warriors as can be seen by the account of the Battle of Maldon.
Having consciousness of public servant, stressing social responsibility and enhancing moral duty are especially important.
Oswald felt heartfeltly sorry to wound the good Colonel's feelings, but he had to remark that he had only done his duty, and he was sure no British scout would take five bob for doing that. The Wouldbegoods
It will be exempt from stamp duty because the transfer is not being done in return for payment. Times, Sunday Times
Such property was the most popular option of landlords in the months leading up to the stamp duty surcharge, pushing up prices further. Times, Sunday Times
The same is true of council tax, vehicle excise duty and fuel duty. Times, Sunday Times
No army cares for its sick and wounded while neglecting its on-duty, frontline soldiers.
This log will do duty for a table.
[339] Actual grace is an illapse of divine influence and assistance, working in and by the soul any spiritual act or duty whatsoever, without any pre-existence unto that act or continuance after it, “God working in us, both to will and to do.” Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
His taxable pay for 2007-08 included a substantial relocation package, including stamp duty on a new home. Times, Sunday Times
They got in before our security guard came on duty, but I am now electrifying the fence and getting 24-hour protection.
The wardens would also have had a general duty of care to keep the area clear of litter to help improve the look of the site.
Two years ago, he admitted the police had been caught out by a spate of petty hooliganism, but this year he said police leave had been cancelled and extra officers would be on duty until Bonfire Night and beyond.
The nurse on duty was fearful that the patient should get worse.
And consider it your duty to sneak off early from work.
She headed out into the high street, glad to be rid of this daughterly duty. SURE OF YOU
Especially the partial person cropland in them at duty, domesticity also appeared temporary difficulty.
Trustees have a fiduciary duty to act in accordance with the trust deed and for the benefit of the beneficiaries.
United States Military Academy at West Point : Duty, Honor, country.
The danger recalled him to a sense of duty.
Excise duty revenue from alcoholic drinks is much less buoyant than total excise duty.
Duty is no longer determined in abstraction from the consequences or vice-versa.
Alex would do his duty and fuss at her behavior, because that is what a father has to do to prepare his precious darling for the wide world.
Customs duty is a toll payable on merchandise imported into the country.
It is used by active duty military personnel in field units and will not present any physical hazards to the soldier.
The case may establish for the first time that bookmakers owe a duty of care to compulsive gamblers. Times, Sunday Times
Four men aged 29 to 41 have been bailed on suspicion of evading duty. The Sun
The hospital is paying for the private duty nurse, and a bed in the ICU costs considerably more than one on a regular hospital floor.
Now, the kitchen is charming yet functional, with fitted heavy duty cupboards, red-tiled worksurfaces and a window seat.
In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.
As a soldier-worker he has drill, inspections, and guard duty, and does work such as road building and dredging.
We think countenancing any other position would totally undermine our members going about their duty and put them at phenomenal risk.
A rookie firefighter who was on his first day's duty with Keighley's Blue Watch has been praised for his actions when he was called to an horrific death blaze.
Tracy rushed her sister into the toilets to cool down the affected areas while other family members took advice from an off-duty fireman who was also dining at the restaurant.
The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
The industry has a duty to safeguard the interests of consumers.
Nicholas watched the lone plover for a moment before he said, `What the story tells me is that duty is not only familial. FLOATING CITY
Self-adaptive fuzzy control method based on the acceleration feedback is researched for the lateral suspension system of heavy-duty railway locomotive and car.
I will use these decuries as the jury base, though no decury will be permanently seconded to duty in one particular court. Fortune's Favorites
Only a sense of uxorial duty to his position stopped Hadrian from sending Sabina into exile.34 Caesars’ Wives
Airlines/airports are required to have a customer resolution officer (known as CRO) on duty at all times. The Seattle Times
While both deontologists and rule - utilitarians are rule-followers, deontology explicitly stresses duty and intention rather than outcome, whereas the ultimate focus of rule-utilitarianism is on consequences.
The titbits his own hunting skill provided were insignificant when set against his voracious appetite, and it was the duty of his parents to make up the difference.
She is private duty nurse with New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Centre, in Manhattan.
Export tax consisits of only export customs duty ( ECD ) . 2.
You try and get down to the individual soldier, airmen, sailor, Marine level, coastguardsmen duty, civilian and look them in the eye and say, ‘How's it going?’
a monarch has a duty to his subjects
Messrs. Frick and Gary, as set forth in the letter quoted above, to the effect that I did not deem it my duty to interfere, that is, to forbid the action which more than anything else in actual fact saved the situation. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography
The producer's duty ends here unless there is cause to suspect a subsequent breach.
And he concludes, after referring to the fortuitous duty-free shopping interlude I shared with Bashar en route back to London from Damascus, by remarking: By this time, Michael, whos a very engaging personality, is a friend of the family! A Question of Honour
All week I've been puzzling as to why there's been a heavy-duty garden sack neatly covering our washing basket.
It is part of the chairman's duty to keep each speaker to the point to avoid wasting time.
The Department expects the new stamp duty thresholds on non-residential property to raise an additional €118.5 million in 2003 and €158 million for a full year.
• Involvi growth ng in the process and changes that is never ending and self - initiated Increasing one's positive self-image and overcom - ing stigma Commitment means to duty or pledge to some thing or someone, and can refer to: • ersonal commitment, interaction dominated by obligations. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
By ignoring their epistemic and metaphysical brokenness, we are shirking our Christian duty to truly show love for our neighbor.
Love is a better teacher than duty.
The defendant argued that any liability which he had, extended only from his breach of duty until the armed robbery.
Now, if this be true, as it most indubitably is true, surely if we are interested in controlling the future in some measure, surely it is our first and paramount duty to recognize our responsibility to the future to stop war as an instrument of national policy, if this be possible. Roads to the Future
The duty-free allotment is per capita, not per stirpes. What stuff
We had a statutory duty to report to Parliament.
With the stamp duty threshold sticking at £60,000, you can see why these extra costs contribute to first time buyers being unable to acquire their own homes.
The wife sued the patient's therapist alleging a failure of duty to protect.
My new paint tubes are arranged in a neat arc, brushes and palette knife by their side, and an upturned white enamel plate ready to do duty as a palette until I can find an old one or buy new.
He said 33 bottles were marked for accessioning into the museum, including the Model Dairy and the Idutywa items, which were not represented in the collection.
The night watch comes on duty soon.
In my judgment an attempt to formulate a duty of care in this way is wholly misconceived.
My final duty was to get it to a garage for an MOT test, there being no such thing in Italy.
The last one is the judicial practice of trade usage. It can affect to distribute the right and duty between the parties of the contract and to administer the adjudication of the court.
I only hope that no one was injured because of the brief and regretted irresponsible neglect of my Civic Duty in reporting that which I believe to be criminal.
Here a tarp, short for tarpaulin, is a waterproof sheet of canvas or heavy duty plastic that you throw over things to keep the rain off. What Mexican Food Are You? and 3 Others
One officer was suspended from duty while two others remain at work but on restricted duties. Times, Sunday Times
However, this duty ends if the minor gets married or becomes emancipated.
But the players have a duty of care for the paying punters and the armchair fans at home. The Sun
His duty was to return the salute from the soldiers on the esplanade below each time a band finished its selection of military marches.
Images includes those of vivid rehearsals as well as behind-the-scenes pictures of seminal company personalities such as Margot Fonteyn and Ninette de Valois, plus never-before-seen views of the dancers off duty, most charmingly a snap of Lynn Seymour and Rudolf Nureyev, drinking in a London pub. This week's new dance
He seems to feel duty-bound to provoke a reaction whether it is outrage, exasperation, outright hostility or unreserved admiration.
But fear not, we will be shafting them behind their backs by imposing a cruel financial duty on their well-priced and interesting wines.
To say that they should abstain from endeavoring to affect administration in a beneficial manner, is to say not only that they should de-citizenize themselves, but that they should violate their pledges and abandon their sworn duty. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886
The Problem with having an efficient killing machine such as the Marines is what to do with them when the tour of duty is over, or they go gome for some other reason. Think Progress » Limbaugh: Liberals Are ‘Ecstatic’ About Haditha, Planning ‘Gang Rape’ of War Supporters
All of the increase in the excise duty goes into the land transport system.
After midnight, outspanning in a piercing wind, we formed square; main guard was posted over the General's car, and those lucky enough to escape turn of duty huddled together under cloaks and dozed fitfully until two-thirty. With Botha in the Field
As Guzman now says, a military crime is when a soldier deserts, or falls asleep on duty.
When I know a visitor is due, I feel duty-bound to look my best, so I usually catch a quick shower, put on a bright shirt, pressed trousers and even a sunny smile.
Physicians must learn to engage in gentle but direct truth-telling in the dispensation of their duty to patients who depend on them for accurate yet compassionate descriptions of their condition.
Fourth, to put mineral planning authorities under a duty to review the planning situation in respect of every mineral operation within their area.
Swept Overboard is scheduled to make just two more starts before heading to Japan for stud duty at Shadai Stallion Station.
When all is said and done, what we are up against is every man's reluctance to do his duty, to abide by the dictates of society.
Each station has an alarm which will page duty staff if water reaches critical levels.
Citizens have a duty to assist the police.
If you are sick, you must do your duty to avoid infecting others and avoid all public places.
Call of Duty: Black Ops", 8.4 million copies sold: According to NPD, the blockbuster game title accounted for one-quarter of all game titles sold in November. Forbes.com: News
The ballot is the primary symbol of civic duty. Exploring language (6th edn)
Reconstructing new filial duty of pluralistic society and emphasizing that it is possible to open up to Christianity.
For example, excise duties on alcohol and tobacco will be raised by more than inflation, because of the duty escalator put in place some years ago. Times, Sunday Times
He talked about how much we owed to our parents, our duty to our country and so on and so forth.
It allows me to take advantage of travel time, time spent waiting in lobbies, and most recently time spent on jury duty, to blast through some fantastic books and escape from some of the more mundane times in one's life. What's Your Favorite Bookstore?
The customs duty on imports was at first designed only to raise revenue.
Tom, the poor fellow with the broken leg, was bearing up bravely, and only bemoaned the fact that, if there should be any necessity for the launching of the surfboat he could not do his duty. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast
By this simple arrangement the pump is rendered positive in its action; that is, it will instantly start and continue working the moment steam is admitted to the steam-chest, while at the same time the piston is enabled to move as slowly as the nature of the duty may require. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
There he made a full recovery and returned to active duty the following year. Times, Sunday Times
His mind turned to the bull-necked thug on duty in front of the church the day of the funeral, but he dismissed the idea. AMAGANSETT
Few courts have addressed the fiduciary duty of loyalty in the context of churches or other nonprofit corporations. Christianity Today
Does a religious objection to duty amount to a belief, and does an unwillingness by a volunteer to respond to recall amount to a manifestation of that belief?
Some of these are highly sophisticated and provide almost complete control of the duty cycle over a 100 percent variation.
Although she had been designed with the possibility that one day she might be needed for military duty, the ship needed a major refit. Times, Sunday Times
In my view he would be derelict in his duty if he didn't have a contingency plan.
Disgusted with the bland, palliative Lutheranism of his day, he stresses duty, self-sacrifice, and total commitment.
The day we recovered a $60 million verdict against a bank for breach of fiduciary duty. Times, Sunday Times
If so, both the probation service and police have a duty of care to people we assess, regardless how heinous the offence. The Sun
His apparent instruction to passport control officers to wave through hordes of visitors unchecked was a grotesque dereliction of duty. The Sun
I wondered as to where the assistant was located whose duty it was to take down whatever information I might loudly vouchsafe. JOHNNY UPRIGHT
It is the duty of the cardiologist to take reasonable care in determining whether to discharge that patient or whether that patient should undergo further investigation.
Was it just and reasonable that the defendant should owe a duty of care of the scope asserted by the plaintiff?
“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” Five Crucial Conservation Goals for Sportsmen
The quartet are set to return to their clubs but remain on standby for World Cup duty. The Sun
Is it the duty of an already stretched institution to duplicate the role of common rooms, to cut back the funding to its essential political role, and seek to maintain an unwieldy sabbatical structure?
The headline grabber will be the abolition of stamp duty for first homebuyers for properties valued up to $500 000.
She thought she could add value and it isn't too onerous a duty. Times, Sunday Times
As with many other career fields, the bandsmen pull double-duty with musical and support responsibilities.
It would then be the duty of every owner and every person in charge of poultry in that area to comply with that notice.
They are the rights and duties of daily duty detail, inspection commissions, etc.
Taxing capital gains on home sales - partially offset by the abolition of stamp duty - would break this cycle of irrationalism. Times, Sunday Times
Early in January General Rosecrans issued his orders that all the men that could possibly be spared from detail duty should be immediately placed into the ranks, and that negroes should be "conscripted" or captured to take their places as teamsters, blacksmiths, cooks, etc. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive
By changing its supplier, the company saved thousands of pounds in import duty.
Greenpeace claim that the Authority is failing in its statutory duty to gather the necessary evidence to enforce the law.
Booze, cigs and fuel duty and council tax also swallow up big chunks. The Sun
Man has rights only in so far as they are a correlative of duty.
Why has nobody publicly paid the price for gross and blatant dereliction of duty? The Sun
A casual stroller or a citizen walking to a building on MG Road should be prepared for some heavy-duty hurdles.
Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from.
For formal evenings, your tux or gown can do double duty because different people will see them.
There are 18 other taxes that hit businesses ranging from landfill tax and excise duty to insurance premium tax. Times, Sunday Times
Oh, ermined Judge whose duty to society is, now, to doom the ragged criminal to punishment and death, hadst thou never, Man, a duty to discharge in barring up the hundred open gates that wooed him to the felon's dock, and throwing but ajar the portals to a decent life! Dickensian Verse
At the entrance to the gallery an upright, abstracted figure, smoothly curved, sat atop a heavy-duty steel truck spring.
Then he breaks the news that they will also need to rent specifically tailored machinery on a weekly basis to perform the necessary upkeep, like the greens mower, the heavy-duty roller, the aerating machine, and the lawn thatcher. Where Green's the Color of the Day
Any homilist who fails to address this is shirking his duty. The Burning Hell
Where a sick man had friends or comrades, of course part of their duty, in taking care of him, was to "louse" his clothing. Andersonville — Volume 2
‘We have a duty and an obligation if we're going to put on a show like this to deliver buyers to that arena,’ Wallace said.
It is the duty of those able to throw a lifeline, to do so, so that some strong swimmers will survive.
It's my own duty to expose Caz for the flimsy lies and unfounded insults she slaps up here on a weekly basis.

How To Use Duty In A Sentence

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