Sentence examples for old duties from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, some of Mr. Eisen's old duties are expected to be divided among the deputies.

My mother went back to her old duties at the theatre.

Others may require the same old duties and skills, but employers assume that people who don't go to college in this day and age must be inferior candidates.

Mr. Khaliq, soft-spoken and bearded, was unapologetic about his old duties, as were the other 15 members of the station's staff.

A group of tribal leaders approached him after the invasion and asked him to resume his old duties, which he did, until being ushered out of office several months later by the militias that seized control of the city.

After that citywide increase was recorded, Mr. Kerik put officers from the gun, warrant and gang intelligence units back on their old duties and ordered that all narcotics officers would have to work six-day weeks.

Canada has lifted four-month-old duties on imports of steel sheet from six countries, quashing the claim by the steel maker Dofasco Inc. of Hamilton, Ontario, that cheap overseas products are hurting domestic producers.

"There is only the age-old duty to extend kindness to other beings, to work together and with discipline on common challenges".

It is hoped, however, that their fear of being publicly denounced by the medical profession will restrain doctors from flagrantly ignoring the centuries-old duty of a physician to "do no harm".

An elderly Beowulf puts on his armor for one last hurrah, invoking the age-old duty of all chief executives, male and female: Be a mensch.

So, when it comes to child care, elder care, or plain old housekeeping duties, the lion's share of the work can still fall on a woman's shoulder's although she has a full-time job with an outside employer the same as her mate or other family members.