Example sentences of "[noun prp] take responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's time Dana took responsibility for her own life , instead of turning to you at every imagined crisis , ’ Myra said . |
| 3 | [ Though well received by the public schools , the scheme never came into effect , mainly because of the unwillingness of either central government or LEAs to take responsibility for payment of the grants . ] |
| 4 | Mushrooms are usually collected daily and Wilgro takes responsibility for grading and marketing . |
| 5 | It seemed to Brian that during each day his wife was never long without swallowing some pill or other which , when she was at home , either he or Edna took responsibility for administering . |
| 6 | Finally , the DSS takes responsibility for meeting the financial needs of the mentally disordered , mainly through the National Insurance and income support schemes . |
| 7 | Rachel was kinder and gentler towards her than she had ever been before ; but she also required Phoebe to take responsibility for the baby , to be a good mother , to take heed for the morrow . |
| 8 | Having decided that they would accept Mr Cowdrill as a franchisee , Athena took responsibility for finding him a suitable site , in a prime position in Sutton Coldfield . |
| 9 | After Andy Payton 's failure against Plymouth Argyle ten days ago , stand-in skipper Phillips took responsibility for the spot kick and calmly sent Paul Reece the wrong way for his third goal of the season . |
| 10 | Thereafter ( i ) the Foreign Affairs portfolio was taken by de Maizière ; ( ii ) Health Minister Jürgen Kleditzsch took responsibility for Labour and Social Affairs ; ( iii ) Education and Science Minister Hans-Joachim Meier took responsibility for Research and Technology ; ( iv ) Lothar Engel was made responsible for Trade and Tourism ; ( v ) Hans-Jürgen Niehof took responsibility for Posts and Telecommunications ; and ( vi ) Kauffold was replaced by Gottfried Haschke at the Ministry of Food , Agriculture and Forestry . |
| 11 | In a letter to the Bulgarian news agency BTA , reported on July 20 , Zhivkov took responsibility for Bulgaria 's foreign and domestic policy during his period in power but denied having been responsible for allocating aid to developing countries . |
| 12 | Lyn Nofziger and Lee Atwater took responsibility for stimulating outside pressure on congressmen from fifty-four swing districts — areas of the country where there were likely to be many conservative activists and where the president had run strongly in 1980 . |
| 13 | As a new Minister of State Chimanbhai Mehta took responsibility for Human Resources Development from M. G. K. Menon . |
| 14 | Going to war , said Bush , was America taking responsibility for the new world order . |
| 15 | Thereafter ( i ) the Foreign Affairs portfolio was taken by de Maizière ; ( ii ) Health Minister Jürgen Kleditzsch took responsibility for Labour and Social Affairs ; ( iii ) Education and Science Minister Hans-Joachim Meier took responsibility for Research and Technology ; ( iv ) Lothar Engel was made responsible for Trade and Tourism ; ( v ) Hans-Jürgen Niehof took responsibility for Posts and Telecommunications ; and ( vi ) Kauffold was replaced by Gottfried Haschke at the Ministry of Food , Agriculture and Forestry . |
| 16 | The other sister , Mary , was four years younger than Eleanor , and Froissart tells the story that Thomas took responsibility for educating Mary in the hope of persuading her to go into a nunnery , so that he would receive the entire Bohun inheritance . |
| 17 | Thereafter ( i ) the Foreign Affairs portfolio was taken by de Maizière ; ( ii ) Health Minister Jürgen Kleditzsch took responsibility for Labour and Social Affairs ; ( iii ) Education and Science Minister Hans-Joachim Meier took responsibility for Research and Technology ; ( iv ) Lothar Engel was made responsible for Trade and Tourism ; ( v ) Hans-Jürgen Niehof took responsibility for Posts and Telecommunications ; and ( vi ) Kauffold was replaced by Gottfried Haschke at the Ministry of Food , Agriculture and Forestry . |