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

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1 Lastly , you may be perfectly healthy but are one of those increasing number of people who want to take responsibility for their own well-being and wish to discover more about themselves .
2 How Do I Begin to Take Responsibility for my Body ?
3 I take your point Anne , but I would prefer to help the MP understand that the nature of the way that this department is run is that officers do take responsibility for their specialist areas of work , the senior management has always supported that , and I do n't feel minded to change it because the MP finds it difficult .
4 Over the next few days , practise taking responsibility for everything that happens .
5 They actually start to take responsibility for themselves and become empowered in some way .
6 When we start to take responsibility for our thoughts and begin to see that every negative thought has a negative return , we realise we can use life like a beautiful game .
7 Since the Clean Air Act of 1956 governments in the UK have taken responsibility for designating clean air zones in which certain types of pollution , notably the smoke caused by burning coal , are illegal .
8 I have been able to get on with ‘ getting better ’ simply because my colleagues have taken responsibility for my work load ever since the Executive Committee Meeting in July , and I can not thank them enough for all that they have done .
9 We also have to take responsibility for how we feel about ourselves and our actions .
10 Management have to take responsibility for over ninety five percent of the problems we get , whether they 're safety problems , quality problems or whatever problems .
11 Ms Stacey said : ‘ It is a national pastime and the islanders have to take responsibility for the slaughter .
12 The children learn to take responsibility for themselves .
13 All men refuse to take responsibility for their actions at some time or other during their lives , and some men so consistently shirk their duty that they present more the appearance of overgrown children than of adults .
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