Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] responsibility [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The Department pledges its support to staff who work within the spirit of the Guidelines set out in this document , and will make it clear that as a Department we are not prepared to accept threats of intimidation and violence from that small number of clients who use such methods to manipulate their social environment or evade responsibility for their behaviour .
3 Yeah jointly insured for major contingencies and potential legal liabilities , the recent re review however has highlighted that we can only insure our own legal liabilities and that we can not insure or assume responsibility for your prudential legal liabilities
4 He should take responsibility for doing so or accept responsibility for his party 's vote at the next election , when Labour will be returned .
5 Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks .
6 In the case of a firm in private practice such solicitor may be a principal , employee or consultant of the firm , provided that the firm must have at least one principal who is a solicitor who has been admitted for at least three years , or alternatively , in the case of a firm none of whose principals exercise any right of audience or right to conduct litigation or supervise or assume responsibility for the exercise of any such right , a foreign lawyer who has been qualified in his or her own jurisdiction for at least three years ;
7 ( 2 ) in paragraph ( 2 ) of this rule , ‘ principals ’ shall be construed , except in relation to a firm none of whose principals exercise any right of audience or right to conduct litigation or supervise or assume responsibility for the exercise of any such right , as referring to principals who are solicitors ; and
8 For example , evidence of the implications of directly providing , or retaining responsibility for round the clock care , hammers home the reality of the phrase ‘ needing a break ’ ; evidence that it is not so much low income which is costly for the carer but the precariousness of a present and a future which depends , at least in part .
9 This meant that , even with daily case conferences , it was not possible for one nurse either to supervise or take responsibility for the individualised care of each client .
10 The fact of taking charge or taking responsibility for a vulnerable elderly relative requires considerable moral courage which tends to fall to women ( Graham , 1983 ; Ungerson , 1987 ) .
11 It never allows us to blame others , or avoid responsibility for our own actions .
12 By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin .
13 Listening and writing predominate as the major pupil activities , there being little opportunity for pupils to contribute to , or take responsibility for , their own learning , to develop self-confidence , independence and similar personal qualities .
14 you probably think you put a lot into , yeah , it 's the remind as well I think like the constant remind of you were the one that takes responsibility for birthdays and for Christmas presents
15 Timetables for implementation should be established , setting out specific goals and actions that allow responsibility to be allocated and achievement monitored .
16 The process of recovery involves understanding the disease concept and accepting responsibility for future action to keep the disease in remission .
17 SCOTVEC , which was established as a result of the SED 's reform of vocational qualifications in Scotland , is the sole Scottish awarding body and has responsibility for the accreditation of SVQs .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 The Ukrainian Supreme Soviet made amendments to reinforce the republic 's status as an independent state , including measures to strengthen border guarantees , to have its own armed forces and to bear responsibility for minorities within its borders .
21 A further risk that may be relevant where a purchaser acquires assets and assumes responsibility for some but not all of the creditors , is that the sale may be seen as a preferential treatment of creditors under IA 1986 , s239 .
22 The IPP is a system for mapping out individual goals , specifying means of achievement and assigning responsibility for progress .
23 Almost exactly two years before the World Fair ( Expo-92 ) was due to open , ETA on April 22 formally declared war on the event and claimed responsibility for sending a parcel bomb which seriously injured a secretary at the Expo offices on April 19 .
24 For many young men , National Service gave what their universities did n't — access to foreign travel , the opportunity to meet people very different from themselves , and to exercise responsibility for real jobs at a young age .
25 Decide whether a governor or group of governors forming a sub-committee should be appointed to assist the chairman in dealing with urgent pupil matters and to assume responsibility in special needs .
26 This facility will be used to record the progress of each problem and to assign responsibility for solving the problem .
27 Moreover , even full citizenship is being devalued as the earnings-related supplements to short-term benefits disappeared in January 1982 , and the present administration is attempting , in the face of considerable opposition , to dismantle the sickness benefit scheme and pass responsibility for short periods of sickness on to employers .
28 Addressing the conference , Ruslan Khasbulatov , Supreme Soviet Chairman , attacked recent government criticism of both central and local legislatures , accusing the government of " constant provocative actions … perhaps to try and avoid responsibility for the existing failures in the economic reforms " .
29 Like the head , he saw the lack of a librarian as a serious deficiency and gave priority to the securing of someone to " manage " the library ( and assume responsibility for the part-time assistant ) .
30 But I imagine the authorities were grateful to anybody who was prepared to take a couple of refugees off their hands and assume responsibility for them .
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