Sentence examples for obligation instead of from inspiring English sources

Too many teams today are organized because of process and obligation instead of a true desire to get something done.

Miliband wants to help create what he calls an "economy based on mutual obligations", instead of one in which the richest always win.

The root of the conflict lay in Archbishop Jens Grand's refusal to meet his feudal military obligations: instead of supporting the king, the archbishop had sided with several outlawed magnates who were raiding the Danish coasts.

Governor Christie's sputtering that the court trespassed on his responsibility would be more persuasive if he had made any attempt to meet his obligations, instead of cutting taxes and then pleading poverty.

We also have so goddamn many things as parents to think about, that these boundless choices seem to become one lump of obligations instead of many small freedoms.

Some lenders, like SoFi, no longer look at your credit score and focus simply on your general "track record of meeting financial obligations" instead.

He, almost alone among the Canadians, seemed to take to the larger ice surface as if it offered more opportunity instead of obligation….

The automaker will now take on $3.4 billion in pension obligations for hourly workers, instead of the $1.5 billion that was predicted earlier.

The all-white clothing rule seemed ludicrous, as oppressive as the obligation to wear school uniform instead of loon pants.

From red carpet to stage, stars bravely refused to waste their platform, mindful instead of their obligation to shine a light and drag the rest of us up to speed.

Inside the hotel was a second red carpet for television crews and the early arrivals -- the kind who consider cocktail parties an opportunity instead of an obligation -- who slurped down the prepoured cosmopolitans and positioned themselves as near to the cameras as they could get.