Sentence examples for duties to devote from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, Guyton had retired completely from his legal duties to devote more time to chemistry.

Some will argue he should have followed the advice of Alan Shearer, Peter Shilton and many others by announcing after Euro 2016 that he was retiring from England duties to devote himself to extending his club career.

To prevent this inequality undoing the "ties of brotherhood" that "bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship", he argued that the wealthy had a duty to devote their fortunes to philanthropy.

He considers it a religious duty to devote his whole mind to its defense.

Every proposal is shot down or undermined that would make it a duty for those stations to devote free air time for public purposes in order to earn the licenses that they treat as permits to get rich.

They have instead seen fit to devote their duties towards converting the chaplaincy into a launch pad from which to fire an endless onslaught of "Crusader" salvoes for the specific purpose of winning the hearts, minds, and souls of their subordinate targets of proselytization.

The couple have long yearned for more space and a yard, but they wonder whether they have the time to devote to landlord duties.

The fact that we want to know the minimum number of hours we have to devote to this duty instead of the maximum suggests how much of a priority office hours are on our very crowded, ever-growing list of responsibilities.

People 1st Class and above can take 2-3 merit badges (as my summer camp only offers 3 sessions), but are advised to take only 2 because most people 1st class and above hold a position of leadership, and need to devote themselves to leadership duties.

"He feels he needs to devote his time to his duties in Manchester," Mr. McGee said.

For example, one has a duty to develop one's talents and not to devote one's life entirely to idleness and pleasure (Kant 1785).