Example sentences of "[v-ing] responsibility for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruggiero does n't accept that , perhaps because it would mean accepting responsibility for the way his son 's turned out . ’ |
| 2 | The PLO itself published a communiqué in Tunis on June 8 attributing responsibility for the killing to the Israeli secret service , Mossad — a charge which was in turn dismissed by the Israeli authorities as not meriting a response . |
| 3 | After initially denying responsibility for the attacks , the PNG Prime Minister , Rabbie Namaliu , later made a formal and personal apology to Mamaloni . |
| 4 | When the project is completed , the group members are transferred back to the basic structure , or they are given operating responsibility for the new product in a new unit . |
| 5 | Foreign trade officials from all 15 union republics met on July 26 and signed an agreement to divide among the republics Soviet diamond , gold and hard currency reserves , and foreign credits to the Soviet Union , as well as sharing responsibility for the Soviet Union 's $65,000 million foreign debt . |
| 6 | The Nov. 21 agreement confirmed the Oct. 28 memorandum , committing the republics to agree on allocating responsibility for the debt . |
| 7 | The paper , designed to provoke discussion , considers the usefulness of civil liability as a means of allocating responsibility for the costs of remedying environmental damage and of preventing future damage . |
| 8 | This is what is planned in the community care services , with local authorities losing some of their responsibility for provision but retaining responsibility for the allocation of resources . |
| 9 | , chief executive , Coatings Northern Europe , retaining responsibility for the European protective coatings market . |
| 10 | Respondents felt that safeguards should be introduced where exemptions were granted : 67% thought that only wholly owner managed companies should be exempted , 85% believed that minority shareholders should have the right to require an audit , 76% wanted a compilation report prepared by a qualified accountant , and 86% wanted a statement by the directors acknowledging responsibility for the accounts . |
| 11 | He seems to have decided long before assuming responsibility for the government of Northern Nigeria that in general some form of indirect administration was ‘ in accordance with the spirit of British colonial rule ’ , which was benevolent and not ‘ arbitrary and despotic ’ . |
| 12 | Condensation might entail the one kind of subject and/or manifestation standing in for the whole domain of evil , incurring responsibility for the whole in the process of being made to signify it . |
| 13 | Di Tella took a personal interest in the lives of his workers , giving gifts at weddings and on the birth of children and taking responsibility for the health and welfare of the workers and their families . |
| 14 | ‘ If we are taking responsibility for the stock and the write-off of obsolete and redundant stock , then the supplier is giving us improved discounts ; that 's essentially the deal , ’ Mr Barker answers . |
| 15 | I met 15 women , all of whom said they wanted to learn machine knitting , but most of whom were afraid of taking responsibility for the machine . |
| 16 | Principally taking responsibility for the broad area of labour economics including trends in the labour market , pay and problems of wastage and recruitment . |
| 17 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 18 | But the most popular means , especially for new bands , is on the level of cultural exchange , with the bands themselves taking responsibility for the reciprocal arrangement . |
| 19 | Going to war , said Bush , was America taking responsibility for the new world order . |
| 20 | America had lost a role ( defending the free world against the Soviet Union ) and instantly re-invented another ; taking responsibility for the free world . |
| 21 | If management is defined as " taking responsibility for the performance of a system " ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987a : 37 ) , then NHS managers were doomed to continuing frustration and disappointment . |
| 22 | Another very important factor was that at the Boat Show the R Y A announced that it was taking responsibility for the national coordination of all activities er for sailors with special needs , that 's blind , deaf , disabled and there are many organizations who are working in this field but the R Y A is the coordinator . |
| 23 | And by ‘ supporting ’ the war we can feel we are exercising responsibility for the state of the world . |
| 24 | Claiming responsibility for the attack , the Azanian People 's Liberation Army said : ‘ There is a war on and there will be more attacks of this nature , especially in white areas . ’ |
| 25 | Detectives were yesterday examining a tape of the anonymous caller and letters claiming responsibility for the arson attack on the two buildings , which housed more than 40 Turkish workers . |
| 26 | In their statement claiming responsibility for the killings , the UFF referred to the IRA bombing at Teebane Cross in January [ see p. 38738 ] . |
| 27 | The next day Islamic Jihad released a statement in Beirut claiming responsibility for the attack . |
| 28 | Claiming responsibility for the attacks , the UFF labelled Castle Street as ‘ a Republican taxi rank ’ , and warned the black taxis there they would continue to be legitimate targets . |
| 29 | As a kind of amalgam of a Ministry of Justice ( dealing with the rights of the individual ) and a Department of the Interior ( responsible for internal order and the integrity of the state ) , it would hardly be surprising for the Home Office to show symptoms of schizophrenia ; it controls immigration , prisons , and drug abuse , for example , in addition to carrying responsibility for the Metropolitan Police and the Special Branch , and all these activities depend heavily on collecting and using personal information . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) In appointing members of the Funding Council the Secretary of State — ( a ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , the provision of further education ( within the meaning of section 1(5) ( b ) of the 1980 Act ) or to have held , and to have shown capacity in , any position carrying responsibility for the provision of such further education and , in appointing such persons , he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of such further education or in carrying responsibility for such provision ; and ( b ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , industrial , commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession . |