Sentence examples for at duties not from inspiring English sources

By this treaty English manufactures were to be admitted into the Brazils at the rate of the most favoured countries and at duties not to exceed fifteen per cent., ad valorem, but which duties have in practice been raised by additional charges to about eighteen and a half per cent.

Mr. Temirkanov took up his duties not at the beginning of a season but midway through, in January 2000, with an excellent performance of Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony.

A singular thing about Robertson, who was born in Santa Monica, California, and has led the Ensemble Intercontemporain, in Paris, and the National Orchestra of Lyon, is that he actively enjoys his evangelical duties; not many maestros at his level condescend to lead Young People's Concerts on a Tuesday morning.

I was using these fancy creams I would buy at duty free, not knowing I was poisoning myself basically.

We do not generally have the obligation to benefit other people, yet we at least have the duty not to harm them.

Paintball uses gear that is heavy duty, not kids toys at all.

— Are you off duty? — Not really.

At the same time, he took on babysitting duties at home not, he says, because he was told to but "because it seemed like the right thing to do".

Business and Professions Code section 11018.1 states in part: "There are actions that can be taken by the governing body without a vote of the members of the association which can have a significant impact upon the quality of life for association members". Hence, your board duties do not stop at purchasing insurance policies.

This year as well, Activision Blizzard won't have a booth at E3 for the first time ever — no Call of Duty, at least not on the nonexistent Activision Blizzard booth.

If the restriction is narrower than discussed in (1) above, and the assignment requires the employee to remain at a specific telephone within a specific distance from work to permit being called instantly to return to work, the partial salary is 50% of the employee's base pay for hours assigned to standby duty, but not at work (called "standby pay").