Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority , which shared parental responsibility for J. in consequence of a care order made under the Children Act 1989 , obtained leave under section 100 of the Act to invoke the court 's inherent jurisdiction to determine whether artificial ventilation and/or other life-saving measures should be administered to J. if he were to suffer a life-threatening event . |
| 2 | They accordingly obtained leave to invoke the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction and by their summons , directed to W. and to her aunt who shared parental responsibility for her , sought the court 's leave for such transfer and treatment without her consent . |
| 3 | The hydrogeologist supervised the national groundwater monitoring programme and retained overall responsibility for the computerisation of water borehole records . |
| 4 | This view was echoed in a statement from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd in which he insisted that the South African government bore full responsibility for keeping the troops in Ciskei and the other bantustans under control . |
| 5 | The Minister of Agriculture assumed direct responsibility for a number of services between 1937 and 1944 , and in the post-war years local authorities lost their hospitals to the National Health Service ( NHS ) and their gas and electricity undertakings to nationalised boards . |
| 6 | The decree also reiterated all-union responsibility for issuing licences and setting quotas for imports and exports of a list of the most important commodities , including oil , gas , gold , diamonds and high technology goods . |
| 7 | In April 1990 the newly elected Volkskammer ( unicameral parliament ) recognised joint responsibility for the holocaust [ see p. 37379 ] . |
| 8 | Finn Kristensen assumed additional responsibility for Industry within his existing portfolio of Petroleum and Energy . |
| 9 | As recommended by Beeching , the Lord Chancellor assumed overall responsibility for the construction and administration of all courts above the level of the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 10 | The most important of these is that there seems to be no evidence that people assumed automatic responsibility for their relatives — including parents — who were old , sick , or in some other circumstance where they were unable to work to maintain themselves . |
| 11 | The camp was empty apart from the Italian Colonel , who bravely assumed full responsibility for letting the prisoners go . |
| 12 | This support was available for up to eighteen months , after which time the local service agency assumed full responsibility for the service . |
| 13 | Omitting to tell his wife , he personally assumed financial responsibility for up to £11,000 and it was not until the house arrived at Wembley in March 1924 that he recovered the £6,300 that he had spent , and finally admitted to Lady Emily that he had been ‘ rather fearful of death before repayment as it would have hit me badly ! ’ |
| 14 | The two remaining issues , to be called today and redeemed on April 23 are $300m of 9% Eurodollar debentures due March 17 2016 , redeemable at 107.2% of par plus interest ; and $300m of 8.875% Pacific Telephone & Telegraph ( now Pacific Bell ) debentures issued due to mature July 1 2015 — AT&T assumed financial responsibility for the payment of principal and interest on these debentures under the break-up pact , and has asked Pacific Telesis Group 's Pacific Bell redeem the debentures ; they will be redeemed at 104.84% of face value plus accrued interest . |
| 15 | The Treasury assumed departmental responsibility for full employment policy when Sir Edward Bridges succeeded Hopkins in early 1945 . |
| 16 | After this , the school itself took complete responsibility for sex education and , as was mooted in public debate in the late 1980s , they operated a system of ‘ opting in ’ rather than ‘ opting out ’ by which parents were asked whether they wished their children to participate . |
| 17 | Fortunately some soldiers felt real responsibility for their officers and often gave gifts in kind if they did n't have any spare cash . |
| 18 | Anne who took full responsibility for the care of her husband , David , who had suffered a stroke , needed a rest for a couple of days a week as she was suffering from arthritis . |
| 19 | The BMC now re-affirmed its commitment to training and took full responsibility for all training matters in the mountaineering , apart from the Mountainwalking Leader Scheme , which the MLTB continued to run . |
| 20 | Preston took full responsibility for the breakdown of his marriage . |
| 21 | All right , so I took full responsibility for the organisation of the sale , but there is no way I can be blamed for the outcome . |
| 22 | J R Hall ( Points of View , 12 February ) is right to suggest that British Rail would be able to make a profit if the Government took full responsibility for funding the provision and maintenance of railway infrastructure as it does roads . |
| 23 | Bow bureau , for example , was without a manager for some time and the staff temporarily took collective responsibility for all tasks . |
| 24 | Under the last Labour government , the minister of state in the Department of Health and Social Security who took particular responsibility for social security , Mr Stanley Orme , was a Cabinet minister . |
| 25 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 26 | The report said : ‘ A safety-critical task … was undertaken by one individual who also carried total responsibility for the quality achieved and the installation was not tested until the aircraft was airborne on a passenger carrying flight . ’ |
| 27 | Yet under the Act the Central Authority had clear responsibility for coordination and financial policy , and to enforce its powers it had , in the last resort , powers of direction , though only the Minister had powers of dismissal . |
| 28 | The chairman , Mr. Lansberry , evidently stung by the refusal , accepted personal responsibility for approving a smaller refrigerator which was bought from a firm in the High Street for £80 . |
| 29 | The Queen 's Advocate , a civil servant , had overall responsibility for the legal branch of administration , but the Supreme Court was entirely independent . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the Welfare State had encouraged moral decline and negated individual responsibility for individual actions . |