Sentence examples for duty turns from inspiring English sources
His panicky announcement on fuel duty turns out to be just an aspiration if he can find savings elsewhere.
For example, in the mid-size hospital, a management report on caseloads and on-call duty turns played an important role in the negotiations by documenting in "management-speak" the issues identified by the caseload midwives.
Caseload groups of two and those working with women with special needs succeeded in achieving good continuity, but some midwives felt that the quality of work and their personal work satisfaction were challenged by the frequent and long duty turns.
Issues included the specifications in the collective agreement on rest hours after long duty turns, the number of monthly on-call duties and peak-time assistance in the labour ward.
Soon, patrol duty turned to trying to protect the remaining 1,700 or so Serbs, who faced a steady threat of shootings, grenade attacks, kidnappings and house burnings.
When the film premiered at the Cannes film festival – where it was a huge critical success – the police on duty turned their backs on Kassovitz and his crew, perceiving the film as an anti-police polemic.
Suddenly, two cops in a policecar, big with duty, turned their car off the driveway, and shot up the lawn, and right across it to where the children stood.
He adds, "Cardigans must be worn back to front always!" Come to think of it, that cashmere straitjacket can do double duty, turning heads not only at Bryant Park but also at Bellevue.
And reading Samuel Johnson, she remarks, "I can see why Dr. Johnson is well thought of, but surely, much of it is opinionated rubbish?" She starts reading out of duty — when her corgis stray toward a mobile library parked near the palace, she feels an obligation to borrow a book — and unexpectedly finds duty turning into curiosity, and curiosity into pleasure.
So it's sheer heaven when your public duties turn out to be your pleasures".
Two aged gentlemen share rolling and cooking duties, turning out a piping hot flatbread every couple of minutes.
