daily duty

collocation in English

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daily
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.li/us
/ˈdeɪ.li/
a person who is employed to clean someone ...
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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 ofdailyanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is part of the inspector'sdailyduty.
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It scarcely seems worth complicating the regulation to have adailydutylimit as well.
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It is they who make it possible to go about ourdailydutypeacefully.
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The existing code is disapplied except for the daily driving limit and thedailydutylimit.
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The daily driving limit of 10 hours and thedailydutylimit of 11 hours are retained.
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Hisdailydutyis to gather the news of the district where he lives and send it to his principal.
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Let us take a further example: the abolition of the limit of 11 hours ondailyduty.
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He told me, indeed, that it was hisdailydutyto attend the proceedings of the court.
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The service uniform was worn fordailyduty.
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Thedailydutycan be spread over 14 hours provided that the actual on-duty time, including waiting time, is limited to 10 hours.
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But it seems to me that the overall position is gravely weakened by removing the limits on thedailydutyand the maximum spreadover.
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How can we continue to expose our security forces (and civilians) in theirdailydutyand in their times of leisure to the evil of these psychopaths?
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The remainder were succumbing so fast that sufficient men could hardly be found to do thedailyduty.
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It makes the supervision of the proper feeding of every child in a public elementary school thedailydutyof the local education authority under the direction of the doctor.
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Everything in theirdailydutyfrom the bed, room, facilities, closets, uniforms and physique needs to be at excellent standards 24/7.
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Teachers will feel it theirdailydutyto fit the boys to bear life's burdens with a spirit of nobility and to meet life's problems with unfaltering courage.
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