Example sentences of "[prep] take responsibility for " in BNC.

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1	Perhaps you are blaming others for your stuckness , instead of taking responsibility for your own life ?
2	I met 15 women , all of whom said they wanted to learn machine knitting , but most of whom were afraid of taking responsibility for the machine .
3	Religion is often castigated for encouraging an attitude of dependence upon authority or tradition , which is at loggerheads with the attitude of taking responsibility for oneself .
4	Well I mean one of the women I spoke to that I mentioned in that piece felt strongly that schools were laying too much on children in terms of taking responsibility for how the world is , and she erm mentioned in particular erm the kind of ecological issues that lots of schools and teachers are taking up now and erm children are becoming involved in projects for , you know , recycle this that and the other and there 's a book , is n't there , ‘ The Children 's Green Guide ’ or something .
5	The Devil was an invention , he claimed , that prevented us from taking responsibility for our own destiny .
6	But these cluster developments have proved unpopular with local residents and with local general practitioners , who often feel relatively unsupported in taking responsibility for up to 20 recently discharged chronically mentally ill people .
7	Whereas by welcoming the light within themselves and by taking responsibility for their own karma , they can become relieved of the burden of self-delusion that blocks the gift of awareness .
8	Nevertheless , in the majority of cases it was the women who managed the money by taking responsibility for day-to-day budgeting arrangements , paying the bills and organising the family finances .
9	Returning to London , Crawford supplemented his income by working as a waiter at Lyons ' Corner House , in Westminster , showing his athleticism by taking responsibility for a whole floor , a task normally given to four waiters .

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