Sentence examples for onus that from inspiring English sources

But I am aware of the onus that will fall on the person you will entrust with my letter to discover the sense of its gibberish--and transform it into English if it is to be used for a literary purpose.

On the other hand, there is – as there always must be – an onus on those who want to use force, which will inevitably cost innocent as well as enemy lives, to explain why their proposal is necessary and effective, an onus that is all the heavier in the wake of recent history.

Motive may not play a central role in South African trials, but again this comes back to reasonable doubt, and the onus that is placed on the prosecution to show that Mr Dewani's version of events cannot reasonably, possibly be true.

Based on the 1891 play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind, the musical shows what happens when neglectful adults fail to make the world safe or comprehensible for teen-agers, and the onus that neglect puts on kids to beat their own path forward.

The well-drained soil and warm climate in this part of North Carolina were ideal for tobacco farming, so in 1875 Richard Joshua Reynolds, a Virginian, erected his first factory, quickly followed by forty more, so that despite the onus that tobacco production now suffers under, North Carolina is still the largest produce.

In a similar vein, that GPs are often the patients' first port of call for medical advice (and the onus that this places on GPs) may be reflected in the additional item suggested 'intuition – listening to that worrying little inner voice'.

Increasingly the government is putting more evidence on, onus on, that viability side of things.

[Planning Manager, North West, England] Increasingly the government is putting more evidence on, onus on, that viability side of things.

"This study puts more onus on organizations that don't do active surveillance to demonstrate that they're reducing their MRSA infections," Dr. Peterson said.

All five of the big powers are likely to be mentioned, with the biggest onus on countries that have continued to supply Iraq since the imposition of UN sanctions in 1990.

These belong together in sharing a direction of fit or onus of match that contrasts them with tellings that which convey information and express states of belief or of knowledge.