In the following section, the different modal auxiliary verbs conveying the root/deontic modal (excluding root possibility and ability) value of obligation and necessity are discussed with particular regard to the temporal and aspectual structure of the complement they select.
Interpersonally, the more certain the speaker is about the proposition, the more likely he is expecting assent from the hearer; and the higher the value of obligation, the more likely the speaker is expecting the hearer to respond (Croft 1994, 469).
There is a lengthy passage in the Analects in which Confucius discusses filial piety in a context different from the often-stereotyped sense of "conservative" values of obligation, responsibility and duty on the part of the young toward their elders.
Low interest rates mean that the value of future obligations look very large in today's dollars.
Because this is a smaller number than many companies used before, the present value of the obligations will be higher.
A combination of poor market returns and low interest rates, which will make the present value of pension obligations look much larger, threatens the health of many plans.
The method that US Airways used to derive the new amount "is not in the mainstream for calculating the value of pension obligations," stated Jeremy Bulow, an economics professor at Stanford University's school of business, in court papers supporting the government's position.
That would be great news if the value of those obligations stood still.
A paternalistic state and public health driven compulsion for vaccinations have the potential to undermine the value of parental obligations, which is one of the driving forces behind paediatric vaccination.
While personal feudal servitudes such as hunting rights, seigneurial justice, and labour services were suppressed outright, most seigneurial dues were to be abolished only if the peasants paid compensation to their lords, set at 20 to 25 times the annual value of the obligation.
