Sentence examples for duties first as from inspiring English sources

In this office, he was given other duties, first as deputy leader of the House of Lords (1956-57) and later as leader (1957-60).

Years later Carr told me: "I learned the hard way how industrial relations operate on the shop floor – and just how important trade unions are". Elected to parliament first in 1950 for Mitcham (and in 1974 for Sutton Carshalton, Carrr soon became enmeshed in ministerial duties; first as PPS (1951-55) to Anthony Eden when he was foreign secretary, and then prime minister.

By the outbreak of the First World War, Giovanni Bausan had been relegated to secondary duties, first as a distilling ship, and later as a depot ship for seaplanes.

He excels at quietly tortured blankness, too, and there is a heart-stopping scene of emotional impotence at his father's deathbed: "I'm so glad you're feeling better," he tells Stevens Senior, putting duty first as he rushes back to tend to Lord Darlington's guests.

The performance of the first duties are as important as the performance of the last.

When Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived in Washington little more than a year ago, Mrs. Obama promptly declared herself the mom in chief, and mothers across the nation watched as she juggled her duties as first lady with her responsibilities as a mother.

Duty, duty has always come first, as it has for so many people who serve our government.

But just see my face and with this smile I have, you can judge how I feel". Sahagun immediately resigned as Fox's spokeswoman to assume her duties as first lady.

McCoy was an Army veteran who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, first as a demolition expert, and later, with the Green Berets, as a helicopter pilot.

Mr. Stout retains his duties as first deputy commissioner.

Mr. Rangel said some of Mrs. Clinton's duties as first lady do help her campaign, but they are the substantive issue-oriented duties, not the social ones.