Example sentences of "[vb past] take responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |
| 2 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 3 | The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy . |
| 4 | The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy . |
| 5 | European countries urged to take responsibility for waste |
| 6 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |
| 7 | Fields privately resented the way in which Branson had taken responsibility for the purchase of the first Virgin aircraft ; while Branson , for his part , grew increasingly alarmed at the way in which his new partner appeared to be running the rest of the company . |
| 8 | In addition , one partner had taken responsibility for overseeing the whole process . |
| 9 | A large number of problems has been encountered , one of the most surprising being the fact that no UK Government department had taken responsibility for enforcing the EEC controls on the sale of protected wildlife specimens . |
| 10 | Local authorities had a duty to assess those judged to be ‘ at risk ’ or ‘ vulnerable ’ and the state had to take responsibility for the supervision of care . |
| 11 | The woman sitting in front of him was right , he had to take responsibility for himself . |
| 12 | Zhelev organized on Sept. 1 and 11 meetings between Lukanov and leaders of the UDF and other opposition parties , but the UDF consistently rejected participation in a coalition on the grounds that the BSP alone had to take responsibility for the present state of the country , and that a strong parliamentary opposition was needed to guarantee Bulgaria 's democracy . |
| 13 | Think about times when you have blamed others , or refused to take responsibility for your life . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ George Bush took credit for every victory around the world , but refused to take responsibility for any problem here at home . ’ |
| 15 | He wanted to take responsibility for employment policy . |