Sentence examples for duty meaning from inspiring English sources

And by falling below the 100 mark, the Fiesta Econetic scrapes into Band A of Vehicle Excise Duty – meaning it's free of road tax.

Because few starters play much in preseason games, the backups are pressed into full-time duty, meaning fewer practice and game repetitions on special teams.

This spring, a judge for the federal District Court for the Western District of Missouri ruled in the case, finding that ABB had breached its fiduciary duty — meaning that it failed to act in the best interests of the retirement plan and ABB's employees — in several ways, including a failure to properly track record-keeping fees paid to Fidelity.

After discovering his voice at the age of 15 in the high school glee club, he won entrance to the Curtis Institute of Music, but his studies were interrupted by service in the Navy during the war; a sympathetic officer, hearing his musical talent, assigned him to band duty, meaning that he had to rapidly learn to play an instrument.

Workers failed to properly fill out a form swearing they were "fit for duty" (meaning: not under the influence of drugs or alcohol).

Two officers faced an internal investigation in connection with Garner's death: The one who applied the chokehold was put on modified duty, meaning he was stripped of his gun and badge, while a police sergeant was stripped of her gun and badge and charged internally with failure to supervise.

He outlines two ways that animals might be protected without being the recipients of justice; first, they may be owed direct duties outside of justice, or, second, they might be protected by means of indirect duties, meaning that they are protected because of what humans owe to one another.

The three men face punishments within the military, such as a reduction in rank or extra duties, meaning their names would not have to be published in public.

Dorries told investigators at Ipsa that the claims, for journeys between Westminster and her Mid Bedfordshire constituency, were made for family reasons and not in pursuit of her parliamentary duties, meaning they were excluded from the scheme.

Ms Dorries told investigators at the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) that the claims for journeys between Westminster and her Mid Bedfordshire constituency were made for family reasons and not in pursuit of her parliamentary duties, meaning they were not allowed under the scheme.

But this was not the case, so I changed into a negligee and performed my wifely duties, meaning that while Donald tweeted I used a new app that Photoshops Donald's head onto the slim, young body of Jared Kushner and makes him do the chicken dance.