Sentence examples for obligation falls from inspiring English sources

Mr. Griffith blamed his law firm's staff, but this obligation falls to the lawyer, not his firm.

This obligation falls on both the Afghan government and the United States, which led the war in Afghanistan.

By cutting himself off from his family and the South, he is unavailable to help his mother in her dying illness; that obligation falls to his younger brother.

Pompeo told the floor of the House: "When the most devastating terrorist attacks on America in the last 20 years come overwhelmingly from people of a single faith, and are performed in the name of that faith, a special obligation falls on that faith's leaders to respond.

Of the $75 billion the other 10 banks need to raise, the bulk of the obligation falls on Bank of America, which was judged to require $33.9 billion; GMAC, which needs $11.5 billion; and Wells Fargo, which needs $13.7 billion according to the tests.

As the expectation of repayment obligation falls, borrowers may enter into a situation where they take on higher levels of debt and take more risks.

Henri, the eldest son, was heir to the seigneury of Richelieu; and Alphonse, the second son, had become a Carthusian monk; so the obligation fell on Armand-Jean, who was a student.

The clinic upon which the obligation fell failed to give him relevant information as to the requirements of the regulations and failed to obtain the requisite long-term consent from him or the appropriate medical opinion.

Therefore, any obligation falling under natural law derives its moral force from God's legislative act (DL I, 5.13).

Consequentialist views of promissory obligation fall into two broad camps, corresponding to the difference between act and rule utilitarianism.

When you were brought into the department, an obligation fell on you to get along with the boss.