fundamental obligation

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandobligation

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fundamental
adjective
uk
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition offundamentalandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is afundamentalobligationto ensure that patients have the right to choose, as well as the right to accept or to decline information.
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The omission of thatfundamentalobligationseriously diminishes consumer protection.
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It makes it clear that there is, of course, afundamentalobligationon those who provide services for profit for travellers.
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That is thefundamentalobligationwhich is undertaken by every member.
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Because thefundamentalobligationhas been violated and destroyed.
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Thisfundamentalobligationby the undertaker, who will be in a monopoly position, must be preserved.
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I also see it as afundamentalobligationthat restraint systems should be used for children under 12.
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That is thefundamentalobligationon water undertakers.
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Given that, it would be easier to impress on all concerned theirfundamentalobligationto put their house in order.
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I believe that there is being sensed throughout the country an awareness of thisfundamentalobligationto society.
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What will happen as a result of this breach of afundamentalobligation?
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That is ourfundamentalobligation.
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Its message is that the onlyfundamentalobligationof man is to be in touch with life...
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The mostfundamentalobligationinvolves respecting the essential needs of others - the needs of the soul.
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Thefundamentalobligationof the registrar is to keep the register, and in return he receives the prescribed fees.
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However, there can be no doubt that the obligations entered into were fundamental obligations to which in the long term we are irrevocably committed.
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There are simply too many cases, which have been revealed over the past few weeks in particular, where the fundamental obligations are being dishonoured.
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To me those are two fundamental obligations, duties, and rights of local government.
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