Sentence examples for speaking duties from inspiring English sources

In the end, Barbour could not make the Bartiromo bash because he had to stay back in Mississippi to tend to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, so the Macker took over his speaking duties.

The role came with minimal public speaking duties, and the speeches I did deliver tended to be quantitative recitations of facts, numbers and recommendations that would help public officials adjust to their new lives overseas.

He was speaking of duties arising at common law, and not of limitations upon the legislative power of Parliament.

They believed in the power of religion to reform society, emphasized the sanctity of the family, and never spoke of rights without speaking of duties.

So while it is not, strictly speaking, a duty to believe in God or immortality, we must believe both in order to fulfill our duty to promote the highest good, given the subjective character of human reason.

When one woman says to another, "I couldn't figure out who you were supposed to be," she's speaking about duty as well as desire.

Strictly speaking, your duty is to ensure the event is smoothly run, but only where it is appropriate, and to stay out of issues that are a private concern.

Practically speaking, plaintiff's duties and responsibilities as a lawyer and as an associate of the firm were so closely linked as to be incapable of separation.

Minaya spent Tuesday performing his normal duties — speaking with scouts, meeting with the team's baseball operations staff — but otherwise remained out of view.

Mr. Grossman talks about his work there, and in public life generally, as a kind of "reservist's service"; Mr. Yehoshua speaks of "duty".

Parents will be informed that they can call the outpatient clinic when necessary and speak a duty nurse.