The phrase "are already obligated" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing existing commitments or responsibilities that someone has.
Example: "Employees are already obligated to complete their training before the deadline."
Alternatives: "are already required" or "have already committed".
Harlin and Davis cannot commit to "Kiss" as their next film because they are already obligated to make the pirate movie "Cutthroat Island" for Carolco Pictures.
Many public institutions are already obligated by law to disclose their decision making practices and outcomes and to include a broad representation of public stakeholders.
The reason that SPK transplants are most common is that SPK recipients are already obligated to immunosuppressive therapy by the kidney graft, so they incur only the added surgical risk of the pancreas transplant.
Moreover, member states of the European Union are already obligated to report foodborne outbreaks to the relevant European Union institution according to the regulation on monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents (9 ).
People familiar with Ailes's exit negotiations said he will receive around $40 million, much of which 21st Century Fox was already obligated to pay him under a severance package.
That is what Argentina did here: by virtue of the earlier FEIC contracts, Argentina was already obligated to supply the U. S. dollars needed to retire the FEIC insured debts; the Bonods simply allowed Argentina to restructure its existing obligations.
The federal Disaster Relief Fund administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency had a balance of $3.8 billion at the end of July, of which $1.6 billion is already obligated, according to the most recent federal report.
Both chambers employed two core arguments to swat down proposal after proposal from Democrats to use the money to shore up government services: that the governor would veto any bill using the Rainy Day Fund in the forthcoming budget and that the money was already obligated.
Heyd (1982), Weiss (1985), Walker (1980 1981), and Card (1988) all argue that Y owes no gratitude to R for doing something R was already obligated to do anyway, and that gratitude is called for only in response to supererogatory acts.
Mexico is already obligated to provide interpreters in court based on their signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but these rights rarely translate into reality for Mexico's citizens.
But some people never save enough for a free flight, can't find award space or just don't want to travel more than they're already obligated to.
