Sentence examples for of a dereliction from inspiring English sources

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It would be something of a dereliction of duty for us not to consider buildings that are new".

This is nothing short of a dereliction of duty on the part of the media in reporting floods that are both explainable and, to an extent, preventable.

The scale of the BBC's severance payments – some in excess of the corporation's contractual obligations – led MPs to accuse it of a "dereliction of duty".

Mr Watkinson, who coached Farah during the early days of his career at Feltham Community College in Hounslow, Middlesex, also accused ministers of a "dereliction of duty" over school sport and support for primary school teachers.

Holder's decision not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act drew accusations of a dereliction of his law enforcement duty, though the stance has been in sync with a cascade of court decisions clearing the way for same-sex marriage.

It should be clear that telling Putin to "cut it out" and equivocating for political reasons when the integrity of the democracy was on the line was a completely inadequate response, and nothing short of a dereliction of duty.

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To pass it for public exhibition... is tantamount to a dereliction of duty".

That sort of reticence is a dereliction of duty in Trump's view of the responsibilities of a defense lawyer.

More than that, they seem to say, to do anything less than praise whiteness, to be anything less than proud to be white, is a rejection of a gift, a dereliction of duty.

They are listening to the objectors, she insists, but to pull out of the project would be a "dereliction of duty".

"It is a dereliction of our oath of office to pass laws without knowing what they do".

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