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

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1 Under LMS , where governing bodies are given responsibility for matters that affect health and safety , they will be potentially liable for any offences against the 1974 Health and Safety Act caused by their decisions .
2 To ensure that hospital consultants — whose decisions effectively commit sums of money — are involved in the management of hospitals ; are given responsibility for the use of resources ; and are encouraged to use those resources more effectively .
3 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 .
4 For instance , the chairman of an Italian company that Morton acquired in the 1970s has been given responsibility for adhesives throughout the region .
5 Vista Chemical , the American subsidiary of the German Company RWE-DEA has been given responsibility for the worldwide marketing of linear alkylbenzene .
6 At Potsdam Mountbatten had been given responsibility for accepting the Japanese surrender south of the 16th parallel .
7 The government 's Technical Commission had been given responsibility for providing the mechanism for an orderly poll for which 130,000,000 lei ( about US$6,500,000 ) was set aside .
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 It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches .
10 The Commission has also been given responsibility for developing a broad Community recognised vocational training pass , but this will have to be built upon current activity in this area .
11 If people are to accept responsibility for outcomes , they will insist upon being substantively included in the decision process .
12 It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to .
13 I mean , you 're taking responsibility for human life all the time .
14 A user has been allocated responsibility for replying to it but no SSR has been sent in response to the SPR .
15 A user has been allocated responsibility for replying to it but no SSR has been sent in response to the SPR .
16 A user has been allocated responsibility for replying to it but no SSR has been sent in response to the SPR .
17 A minister will be given responsibility for transport in the capital , including the £750 million upgrading of the Central Line Underground service .
18 A single Minister will be given responsibility for coordinating London 's transport services .
19 The idea of the clinical directorate is that the groupings of service providers can be given responsibility for organising their work including its planning and budgeting control .
20 The study did not show any major differences between doctors and nurses , indicating that nurses who are specifically trained to assess attempted suicide patients and who work in a team where there is a psychiatrist available for consultation and supervision can be given responsibility for the initial assessment of these patients .
21 Therefore , argue Trist et al. , the work group has to be given responsibility for the entire cycle of operations , and for handling the interdependence between those on different shifts .
22 Someone in the occupational health department or specific tutors should be given responsibility for student welfare and be trained as counsellors .
23 A specific senior nurse should be given responsibility for updating the establishment profile as a result of planned developments in service which affect staffing requirements anywhere within the Health Authority .
24 Additionally , the nurses can be given responsibility for determining how they will allocate the hours between themselves and on which days they will report for duty .
25 a lead authority structure — one authority would be given responsibility for water and sewerage services for its own and surrounding areas .
26 Specifically , governors should be given responsibility for defining the broad aims of the school ; they in turn should invite the head and staff to devise means of pursuing them , and should themselves monitor the school 's progress towards them .
27 After the Tay floods , calls were made for SEPA to be given responsibility for flood prevention schemes — at present a discretionary duty of regional councils .
28 One of the other the other things that we will erm be taking responsibility for is , is something called the Front Line Review which I want to come back too , because it 's something that will interest you as a group erm , but that 's basically again a Council learn initiative , where the Council 's want to look at over the next month all of the front line services we provide , the , the services that you come into contact with on a day to day erm level and look at , you know , are we providing a service as you want , are we providing them efficiently , how would you like to see them better provided .
29 I am taking responsibility for my life .
30 ‘ If we are taking responsibility for the stock and the write-off of obsolete and redundant stock , then the supplier is giving us improved discounts ; that 's essentially the deal , ’ Mr Barker answers .
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