Sentence examples for chief duty from inspiring English sources

The opposition's chief duty, he insisted, was not policy but to bring down both Mr Hatoyama and Mr Ozawa.

Muslims, she tells us, "have looked for God in history"; their "chief duty was to create a just community".

Even diplomats whose chief duty is to explain American policy to foreign populations are often unable to speak the language.

His chief duty is overseeing a 30-member team responsible for assessing the immediate outlook for the global economy.

A chief duty, he said, would be to promote greater cooperation between local governments on both sides of the border.

Off to the side at each Atlanta Falcons practice, Palmer, an understudy whose chief duty is blocking, catches about a hundred passes.

One of her chief duties was to ensure a steady stream of donations.

Watching over the canon is one of the critic's chief duties.

He assumes the creative chief duties from Jack Supple, who continues as managing partner and chairman.

Mr. Kellner's chief duties will be divided between two executives.

The exercise of compassion, by the writer and then by the reader, remains one of the novel's chief duties and complex pleasures.