Sentence examples for important duties of from inspiring English sources
One of the important duties of an Aztec priest centred on the maintenance of the sacred fire, making sure that it would burn perpetually.
He was, he said, incredulous that "after years of litigation over $2, the majority will impose on a busy judge to conduct a trial on this silly thing, and require a panel of jurors to set aside their more important duties of family and business in order to decide it".
Whilst they will exercise the right of spirited and vigorous animadversion upon public questions and boldly expose public delinquencies, they will sedulously avoid all tendency to private slander, and endeavour to prevent the best prerogatives and most important duties of the press from degenerating into calumny and abuse.
However, one of the important duties of this Court is to give careful scrutiny to practices of government agents when they are challenged in cases before us, in order to insure that the protections of the Constitution are respected and to maintain the integrity of federal law enforcement.
With this awareness I was able to carry out the most important duties of the Emperor, to always think of the people and pray for the people, with deep respect and love for the people.
Only Joseph Johnson's advance on her first book, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters: with Reflections on Female Conduct in the more important Duties of Life (1787) helped ease her considerable financial difficulties.
The most important duty of the Federal Reserve is to preserve the health of the banking system.
Maintaining that mission is, quite literally, the first and most important duty of its CEO.
Once an important duty of bishops, instruction was more often left to the parents or parish priests.
Lieutenant Fowler assisted the commodore with his professional advice in this action, and Franklin performed the important duty of signal midshipman.
"The way the Labour leader has answered that question undermines our deterrent and demonstrates that Labour can't be trusted with our national security, which after all is the most important duty of government".
