11.   She shirked her duties.

12.   Shirking our duties to our wives and children.

13.   Some environmentalists say the state is shirking its duty.

14.   The childless are starting to gripe that working parents shirk their duties so that they can get home for soccer games.

15.   The Republicans immediately vowed to pass their cuts anyway, and accused Mr. Clinton of shirking the duties of fiscal leadership.

16.   The Republicans immediately vowed to pass their budget cuts, or recisions, anyway, and accused Clinton of shirking the duties of fiscal leadership.

17.   Then Bodek began complaining to city investigators about inappropriate behavior and mismanagement in the prison ward, alleging that some of his colleagues were shirking their duties.

18.   They force teachers who used to shirk their duties to come to school every day.

19.   British ministers visiting Hong Kong often have to endure tongue-lashings from legislators and editorialists who feel Britain is shirking its duty to its colony.

20.   Director of Public Prosecution Cosbert Cumberbatch, who the judge also criticized for lack of cooperation, said the police were not shirking their duties.