Sentence examples for performing the duties from inspiring English sources

5.Inaugurated in a foreign country (Cuba) and died without ever performing the duties of office.

Mr. Manzione was also prohibited from performing the duties of a deacon, which include baptizing, preaching and performing marriage ceremonies.

Ms. Rehnquist's actions "created the impression that she was more interested in helping a friend" than in performing the duties of her office.

Beginning in 1942, when he was 20, he fought in World War II as a Marine, serving in Guam and Japan and performing the duties of a rear gunner in a torpedo bomber.

In a way, they were performing the duties of a personal librarian in that they drew their readers' attention to innumerable passages that they believed might be useful to them in their work or their private lives.

The police identified the dead man as C r Mercado, 34, a senior consulate officer who had been working in New York for eight years and had been performing the duties of consul general.

Obstruction means preventing the officer performing the duty or making it more difficult for them to do so.

The court, in a unanimous decision, said that voters should not be disenfranchised "for a mistake of election officials in performing the duty cast upon them".

Both were yesterday found not guilty of negligently performing the duty of ensuring the Iraqis were not ill-treated by soldiers under their command.

The minister remains capable of exercising the power or performing the duty personally.

With questions about Reagan's age, and a weak performance in the first presidential debate, his ability to perform the duties of president for another term was questioned.