basic duty

collocation in English

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is abasicdutyof government.
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We have abasicdutyto protect the public.
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This is ourbasicduty, to do justly.
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We should all say that ourbasicdutyis to defend our democracy.
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There could be no place in the company's articles for a provision which conflicted with thatbasicduty.
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In short, the authority has abasicdutyto dispose of land not needed for coal mining purposes.
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Will the proposal involving quotas be at odds with local education authorities'basicdutyto consider individual need?
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We need to retain the safeguard so that an authority'sbasicdutyof sufficiency is not put at risk.
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On the duties of local authorities and councils, thebasicduty—to deliver top-quality services—will lie with the local authorities.
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I simply wanted to ask: is it not thebasicdutyof a board to decide how it will deal with those emergencies?
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Thebasicdutyof the head teacher to his employers is to implement the authority's policies and procedures for the discharge of its statutory duties.
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This is not to say that they must negate theirbasicdutyunder the law or act otherwise than totally impartially.
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Under clause 18, thebasicdutyof investigation falls on the chief constable of the force which investigated the original offence.
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We certainly cannot allow the school to fail in itsbasicdutyto a signifcant minority of pupils before needing to activate the "at risk" provisions.
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All that is proposed is a statutory process of warning, and that is part of thebasicdutyof government particularly in the sphere of health.
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Itsbasicdutyis to solve social problems and try to prevent crime and mortality rates in a stressful school environment.
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The highest authority of the local organisation was, theoretically, the monthly membership meeting, attendance at which was abasicdutyof every member.
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Third, many states require some kind ofbasicdutyof care in performance of a director's tasks, just as minimum standards of care apply in any contract for services.
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