Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ . |
| 2 | He has since sought help from Esther Rantzen 's That 's Life programme in an effort to get someone to accept responsibility for his losses . |
| 3 | ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’ |
| 4 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't worry , I take responsibility for it , ’ she told them . |
| 6 | I have responsibility for assessing applications in Scotland . |
| 7 | The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status . |
| 8 | They do not abase themselves in penitence but see themselves in a partnership which accepts responsibility for establishing peace and justice on this planet . |
| 9 | We will continue to develop the NHS Trust movement which places responsibility for managing hospitals and other services with local teams who are closest to patients . |
| 10 | The Association , which has responsibility for licensing players , and the League told Derby that Lee was ineligible . |
| 11 | In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed . |
| 12 | The details of the transition were agreed by the Advanced Courses Policy Sub-Committee which has responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Development Programme . |
| 13 | Assistant Director heads the team of seven which has responsibility for taking an overview of how the new qualifications are received , and providing help and advice to centres . |
| 14 | With the new Council established and working effectively , the original University/WEA Joint Tutorial Classes Committee and the Rural Areas Committee were replaced in 1946 by a new University/WEA Joint Committee which assumed responsibility for Tutorial Classes and One-Year Sessional classes extending over twenty to twenty-four meetings . |
| 15 | In most households , it is the culturally defined role of women which includes responsibility for family and individual welfare . |
| 16 | On Nov. 7 , 1989 , the truce was broken by the FLNC which claimed responsibility for the bombing of two buildings under construction in Santa Lucia di Porto Vecchio in the north of the island . |
| 17 | In order to support these three elements and to ensure that schemes are updated , it is important to have some organization which takes responsibility for revision and publication . |
| 18 | For example , as far back as 1923 a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence had looked into the distribution of doctors , dentists and hospital services in a future war ( in effect , tasks that were taken up by the Emergency Medical Service in 1938 ) , and air raid precautions had been discussed within Whitehall since 1924 by the Air Raid Precautions Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence ( which relinquished responsibility for this to the Home Office in 1935 ) |
| 19 | Abdesellam himself took responsibility for the Economy Ministry , as had Ghozali before him . |
| 20 | The main means provided to DHAs to effect these changes are contracts for services between DHAs and suppliers ; reimbursement formulas based on resident populations ; resource management systems which align responsibility for incurring expenditure for its management more closely and provide information on costs of different activities ; and medical audit . |
| 21 | As well as the academic posts above , which carry responsibilities for both teaching and research , universities also have posts with research duties alone . |
| 22 | The Stock Exchange 's damning report was sent to the Bank of England and to the Department of Trade 's Licensing Unit , which had responsibility for allowing financial groups to stay in operation . |
| 23 | Reiner Gohlke , executive president of the Treuhandanstalt ( trustee agency ) which had responsibility for overseeing the restructuring of the state-owned businesses in East Germany , resigned on Aug. 20 because of policy disagreements with other members of the governing board [ see p. 37536 for his appointment where his post is wrongly given as chair ] . |
| 24 | Despite Bush 's support for Puerto Rican statehood ( declared in 1989 ) , the referendum plan was killed on Feb. 27 , 1991 , when the US Senate energy and natural resources committee ( which had responsibility for the legislation ) failed to secure a majority to bring the bill authorizing the referendum before the Senate . |
| 25 | No-one claimed responsibility for the attack , but Hezbollah and Syria both blamed Israel . |
| 26 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 27 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 28 | • Asked about rumours of his apparently imminent move from his position as managing director of Lotus , Michael Kimberley suggested we ask GM Europe president Bob Eaton , who has responsibility for the sports car maker . |
| 29 | I have a real difficulty in locating who has responsibility for the dustbins . ’ |
| 30 | Anyone who has responsibility for subordinates should , ideally , have a major say in creating the job descriptions of their employees . |