Example sentences of "[vb past] on responsibility [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 2 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 3 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 4 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 5 | the extent to which the family took on responsibility from other institutions for the poor , the sick , the old and the unemployed . |