Sentence examples for singular duty from inspiring English sources

For all the talk of how nothing could be done alone, Hillary Clinton had one singular duty Thursday, which she performed early in the speech: actually accepting the nomination — "And so, my friends, it is with humility, determination, and boundless confidence in America's promise that I accept your nomination".

Stockman failed to see how legitimizing unbalanced budgets would completely transform our politics, how it relieved Congress of the singular duty for which they are elected: the duty to make choices.

The prosecutor is able to use this technique dramatically to bring back to life in the courtroom the victim, and thereby divert the jury from its singular duty to decide the case on a rational and objective assessment of the evidence.

Ed Davidson, director of flight safety at Northwest Airlines, said, "As a professional commercial airline pilot, when I'm on duty, my singular focus is, and always must be, the safe operation of my aircraft".

Contents According to Kant, what is singular about motivation by duty is that it consists of bare respect for lawfulness.

Democratic duty should be the singular focus of those on the green benches, not an added extra.

"Because of the singular importance of the president's duties, diversion of his energies by concern with private lawsuits would raise unique risks to the effective functioning of government," Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. wrote for the majority.

Five years earlier, "Variety Lights," Fellini's directorial debut (he shared those duties with Alberto Lattuada), introduced that singular sensibility.

As with cosmopolitan democracy, a world government would also entail a directly-elected global parliament, empowered courts, and a singular global constitution which explicates basic rights and duties for all.

Although U.S.C. has a tradition of producing singular stars at tailback, this season's team distributes the ball-carrying duties among LenDale White (728 yards), Hershel Dennis (644) and Reggie Bush (480).

Singular "therapist," plural "their," singular "her".