paramount duty

collocation in English

meaningsofparamountandduty

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paramount
adjective
uk
/ˈpær.ə.maʊnt/us
/ˈper.ə.maʊnt/
more important than ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofparamountanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparamount duty

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Throughout the transaction that solicitor or licensed conveyancer will have aparamountdutytowards the borrower.
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He is entirely right about where ourparamountdutylies.
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I think that is their first andparamountduty.
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We have aparamountdutyin particular to ensure that safety standards are maintained.
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It is theparamountdutyof every citizen to assist when called upon in the preservation of the peace.
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All the time it is theparamountdutyto see that the telecommunications services are as healthy as they can be.
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When we have to, where children are concerned, we have aparamountdutyto listen carefully to those who are affected by those measures.
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I suggest that it is ourparamountduty, therefore, to see that as little damage as possible is done to our economic and national life.
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Paragraph 67 states that the clubs have aparamountduty"to see that their grounds are reasonably safe for spectators".
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It is ourparamountdutyto do what we can to reassure them and to regain their confidence.
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He said that it imposes positive duties, that it imposes a series of duties, and that subsection (1)(a)is theparamountduty.
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Meanwhile, theparamountdutyof government is to protect human health from the risk of infection.
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It is theirparamountdutyto safeguard the rights of navigation.
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It is theparamountdutyof operators to devise the most economical means of transport in the more remote areas.
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I regard that as myparamountdutyduring these negotiations.
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Are we never to reassert ourparamountdutyof protecting the lives and the property of our fellow subjects?
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The first andparamountdutyof a national park is to take on responsibility for the protection, conservation and enhancement of the area it covers.
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It is ourparamountdutyto protect that element through this period of reform.
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One is that it is theparamountdutyof this country of all countries to pursue multilateral disarmament by all the means at its disposal.
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Throughout the transaction, that solicitor or licensed conveyancer will have aparamountdutytowards the borrower.
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