Example sentences of "[verb] responsibility for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The myth of the political neutrality of technology is frequently invoked both by politicians , seeking to explain the effects that a particular technological development has on society , and by the technologist , seeking to disclaim responsibility for such effects . |
| 2 | The process of recovery involves understanding the disease concept and accepting responsibility for future action to keep the disease in remission . |
| 3 | The Cabinet accepted the recommendation that a substantial British aircraft industry was required to hold off competition , and should be developed with more than just the Empire in mind ; also the premise that work on new aircraft should proceed under government direction , with the Treasury accepting responsibility for new types . |
| 4 | Earlier in the month there had been official denials of allegations of a coup plan which had been reportedly made on Nov. 5 in Washington by Eduardo Molina Olivares , a member of the independent Truth Commission charged under the peace process with ascertaining responsibility for human rights abuses . |
| 5 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 6 | Gosatomnadzor , the regulator which was given responsibility for civil and military materials last June , has been refused access to some military inventories . |
| 7 | These directors were usually given responsibility for all aspects of quality except medical quality , which was left to the initiatives of the Royal Colleges ( see , for instance , RCGP 1985 ; Campling et al. |
| 8 | It was reported on June 17 that he had been given responsibility for local government , while other responsibilities were redistributed between deputy premiers . |
| 9 | The " game " is one in which the people on the outside are given responsibility for those on the inside , crossing the circle with their eyes closed . |
| 10 | Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet . |
| 11 | They readily admitted responsibility for that evening 's aborted robbery ( by destruction of meters ) at Thistle Street during the preceding months . |
| 12 | Some critics have considered it to be too weak and idiosyncratic to carry responsibility for major public and social services . |
| 13 | We therefore accept sailing and windsurfing bookings only on condition that each member of your party accepts responsibility for any of their own injuries suffered unless these arise from our proven negligence . |
| 14 | Wootton is understood to have felt unhappy with a proposed role that would include responsibility for existing HCK media accounts , with Colman 's in-house independent Media-Star handling any new business for the merged agency . |
| 15 | It is the condition in which the attempts to avoid , cover up or evade responsibility for bad feeling — bad feeling generated by the impossible need to live up to inflexible standards — themselves create yet more bad feeling . |
| 16 | Until the election of a Prime Minister and the creation of a transitional government , the existing government , under the control of the conference , retained responsibility for day-to-day activities . |
| 17 | Hoyte retained responsibility for Foreign Affairs . |
| 18 | In 1987 a significant number of local doctors expressed an interest in assuming greater responsibility for the clinical care of non-insulin treated patients if review could be scheduled in normal surgery time and provided responsibility for retinal screening was not included . |
| 19 | Sparc Technology 's brief also covers responsibility for third party distribution rights . |
| 20 | STB 's brief also covers responsibility for third party distribution rights . |
| 21 | The UVF and UFF have claimed responsibility for two murders each . |
| 22 | A buyer will be concerned to know details about whether gas is connected ; whether he or she has responsibility for all or any fences or ditches ; whether the property has mains drainage ; whether there is liability to maintain a road at the front of the property ; or whether application for planning permission has been refused in the past . |
| 23 | May I ask you , Mr. Speaker , to seek some way to force , make , persuade or otherwise cajole the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who has responsibility for such matters to make a statement to the House ? |
| 24 | Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Wilkinson has responsibility for two military districts and looks after ‘ England north of the Wash ’ . |
| 25 | He sits as a judge in the House of Lords , where he also acts as Speaker ; he is a cabinet minister and advises on constitutional issues ; and his department , established in 1885 , is our nearest approach to a Ministry of Justice and has responsibility for many aspects of the legal system . |
| 26 | This would not be possible in a U-form because middle management has only functional responsibility : no one below the CEO has responsibility for overall operating performance in a given market . |
| 27 | The Treasury has responsibility for the health of the economy ; the Social Services Department has responsibility for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country . |
| 28 | Joining Mr Knight is as technical manager for marine and protective coatings. , who also worked at the Hamburg office , has responsibility for some of the major marine accounts . |
| 29 | In addition , the department has responsibility for Commercial Law ( including Company Law and the law relating to financial services ) , Labour Law , Social Security , Taxation , International Private Law ( Conflict of Laws ) , Agricultural Law , Criminal Law , and Evidence ( civil and criminal ) . |
| 30 | The London office covers national charities and those in England south of the River Severn to the Wash , and the Liverpool office has responsibility for those north of that line . |