continuing obligation

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandobligation

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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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 ofcontinueandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is here that the suggestion of any general andcontinuingobligationappears to run into difficulty.
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It is the clubs' primary andcontinuingobligationand responsibility to control and manage spectators in normal circumstances.
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We have to recognise that aid to developing countries is a long-term business and that we must accept acontinuingobligation.
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Should there not be acontinuingobligationthere?
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Recent legislation has ensured that pension funds appoint independent trustees whose principal andcontinuingobligationis to seek the return of assets.
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But it is not only in finance and obligations of this kind that our people recognise theircontinuingobligationto lie.
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All these add up to acontinuingobligationto put the export trade higher in our policy than perhaps any other country needs to do.
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There is and must be acontinuingobligation.
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There would be acontinuingobligationto cut down a tree and maintain it at the reduced height.
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If some general and apparentlycontinuingobligationof an open-ended character to supply spares and replacements exists, what are the limitations of that obligation?
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Under their new leases, motorway service area operators are under acontinuingobligationto provide lavatory and short-term parking facilities free of charge.
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It will have acontinuingobligation.
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Maintenance differs from other debts in that it is acontinuingobligationto pay periodic amounts.
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This is not a mechanical annual review, as some have sought, but acontinuingobligationto respond to changes and developments.
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He has thecontinuingobligationof the car loan debt to service.
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After all, that is not asking too much in view of thecontinuingobligationwhich we ask the youth of the country to bear.
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If so, there is an enormouscontinuingobligationunder the safety net for any official funds that come into the country.
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And, be it noted, both these excuses assume acontinuingobligation.
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That is acontinuingobligationon society because it is on the children of society that the continuance of society depends.
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They have the progressive andcontinuingobligationto amend their development plans and to report at least every five years on the development of their planning proposals.
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