Not because of fear but because of obligation".
On Sunday, Rex sniffed around the stadium's perimeter, not because of obligation but presumably for fun.
Because of obligation and anticipation, you invite as many people to your birthday party as possible, sending out notifications at least a month in advance to every person you've been introduced to who lives within a few miles.
Next year's spending will actually increase slightly because of obligations like Medicaid and pension costs, leaving less for other programs.
It rose after 9/11, from about $32 billion in 2002 to $57 billion in 2010, largely because of obligations connected to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, aid to Pakistan and a greater investment in global health.
He sought out television, he said, because of the appeal of playing a man very much like himself -- which would be improbable in a studio feature film -- and because of obligations to his family.
The bail payments were evidence of another observation several colleagues made about Mr. Halderman: he was in apparent financial trouble, partly because of obligations from a divorce and child-support payments.
As the interviews proceeded West began to privately confide information about his crimes to her, information which, because of obligations of confidentiality, she was not free to pass on directly to the police.
Ms. Scialfa took 11 years between her first two albums, "Rumble Doll" and "23rd Street Lullaby" in 2004 (Columbia), because of obligations with her family and with the E Street Band, and she regrets not touring behind "Rumble Doll".
Jefferson was chronically in debt throughout most of his life, in part because of obligations inherited from his father-in-law in his wife's dowry, mostly because of his own lavish lifestyle, which never came to terms with the proverbial bottom line despite careful entries in his account books that provided him with only the illusion of control.
(The Environmental Protection Agency has been phasing out the use of methyl bromide since 2005 because of obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Clean Air Act, although it still allows critical-use exemptions for farmers who claim no alternative).
