Sentence examples for its main duty from inspiring English sources

Mr. Weidmann wrote to the Constitutional Court that E.C.B. bond purchases "would burden the independence of the central bank, which is a central precondition for successful fulfillment of its main duty — defending price stability".

In 1930 a Bank for International Settlements was established at Basel, Switz.; its main duty was to supervise and organize the transfer of German reparations to the recipient countries.

CT is authorized to transact business at that address, and its main duty is to accept legal notices on behalf of the businesses incorporated here and to pass them along.

Its main duty was the responsibility of coordination between the different member organizations.

After all, the promotion of peace is supposed to be its main duty.

This makes its main duty to suppress internal political unrest that challenges the state's authoritarian structure.

When employed as part of a combined military formation, its main duties included observing and reporting information about the enemy, screening movements of its own force, pursuing and demoralizing a defeated enemy, maintaining a constant threat to an enemy's rear area, striking suddenly at detected weak points, turning exposed flanks, and exploiting a penetration or breakthrough.

It has been said that rewriting decades of EU regulations "will divert our shrunken civil service from its main duties for years".

Goelman criticized the senior center board for refusing to engage in fundraising efforts, which she alleges is one of its main duties.

When Jay Leno talks about playing it safe because his main duty is to entertain, Janeane Garofalo fires right back, calling him out for not taking risks.

He said that his main duty after 9/11 was to man a sanitation truck, filled with sand, that blockaded the Brooklyn Bridge.