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primary obligation

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meanings of primaryand obligation


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primary
adjective
uk /ˈpraɪ.mər.i/ us /ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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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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Examples of primary obligation


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The primaryobligation of man is autonomy, the refusal to be ruled.
In the event of a bioterror attack, these public servants, rather than the medical profession as a whole, would have the primaryobligation, and the requisite skills, to respond.
Asch thought truth was our primaryobligation.
The receivers' primaryobligation is to look after the interests of the bank that appointed them.
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In fact, the convergence obligations are secondary; the primaryobligation is economic and monetary union.
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The previous primaryobligation was security of supply.
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Indeed, in the electrical power industry the primaryobligation is laid upon the unions to achieve standards of safety on behalf of their members.
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The primaryobligation is to reduce capacity to meet multi-annual guidance programme targets.
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Operationally, it undermines our primaryobligation to defend our home waters by minehunters, minesweepers and offshore patrol vessels.
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We have complied with our primaryobligation, which is to fulfil our mandates, and will continue to do so in the future.
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The state's primaryobligation must be to help those most in need.
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The primaryobligation was to achieve as much as we could by the deadline.
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The commission has stated that the industry regulator's primaryobligation is to consumers.
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I would first suggest that the primaryobligation in regard to shoddy house building lies with the housebuilder.
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The primaryobligation is that, when their services are needed, they do not withdraw them.
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These include the primaryobligation to promote to the utmost the moral and material welfare and social progress of the inhabitants of the territories themselves.
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As practical men and women we regard the avoidance of that conflict as the primaryobligation of our intervention and our controversy in foreign affairs.
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The primaryobligation in the relevant legislation is to repair any damage attributable to coal-mining subsidence.
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It was moreover discriminatory that the primaryobligation to aliment a child should rest on the father irrespective of the resources of the mother.
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