Sentence examples for duties means from inspiring English sources

Jay is the manager of the club and was, until 2015, the only man on the Board of Directors (his resignation to focus on his managerial duties means the club now has an all-female board), while Jane is involved in the day-to-day running of the club and also plays for the first team.

"But a change in beer duties meant independent brewers got 50% tax rebates, which changed everything.

He says his schedule of composing, recording, performing and his JALC duties mean he is overworked.

The Royals' glad-handing duties mean they "can't do anything that might reveal their personality," Ms Seward argued.

Those additional duties meant that Timothy Rigas had far less time to oversee the company's financial reporting operations, Mr. Grand said.

Lind's essay about Mel Gibson ended with concerns that we may have lost the sense of what citizenship and its duties mean.

At times in the past, his myriad duties meant his attention was divided, said linebacker Chad Brown, who has been with the Seahawks since 1997.

My new duties mean I've been involved with site meetings and the contractors; being there to help them out; loads of different things, you know.

Crude-oil costs are a bigger slice of the prices American consumers pay for petrol: lower sales taxes and fuel duties mean swings in oil markets have a bigger effect on pump prices.

Adm. Sir Michael Boyce, the chief of Britain's defense staff, said this week that the deployment of troops on firefighting duties meant that the military "cannot perform to the full extent of our operating capability".

High antidumping duties, meant to protect United States manufacturers, have kept Chinese sparklers out of the country for the last few years, and cities including New York have banned the unlicensed use of fireworks.