onerous duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonerousandduty
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onerous
adjective
uk/ˈəʊ.nər.əs/us/ˈɑː.nɚ.əs/
difficult to do or needing a lot ...
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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 ofonerousanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Teaching, in particular, he viewed as anonerousduty.
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It is a fairlyonerousduty.
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It is anonerousdutyon local authorities.
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I repeat that it is not anonerousduty.
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Clearly, it would place anonerousdutyon the agencies.
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The police will have anotheronerousdutythrust upon them.
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It is nothing other than a veryonerousduty.
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I do not think this will be anonerousduty.
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Police officers perform anonerousdutyfor the public.
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It is anonerousdutyto put on any court.
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Up to this point it was hisonerousduty—it is anonerousduty—to consider that there had not been fresh evidence.
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The management of universities will not shrink from thatonerousduty.
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It seems to be anonerousdutythat will be difficult for people to fulfil.
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I think this would be inflicting anonerousdutyupon the officials.
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Has not the welfare committee discharged thatonerousdutynow for 13 years?
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We have discharged ouronerousdutyto the best of our ability.
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I am not sure that it would be a tremendouslyonerousduty.
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It is not intended to be anonerousdutyon them.
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The retailer has succeeded in putting this veryonerousdutyon to the merchants.
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I am not seeking to place anonerousdutyon their shoulders.
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It is not anonerousdutyto place upon a court.
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They had been asked by the court to carry out thisonerousduty.
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We do not believe that the methods which we propose will impose anonerousdutyon law-abiding citizens.
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Employers have the lessonerousdutyto do what is required, "so far as is reasonably practicable".
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One hesitates to suggest thisonerousduty, because one does not know how many people are involved.
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