Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 As a result , while the Authority can justifiably take much of the credit for the transformation of certain aspects of primary education in Leeds which PNP began to yield , it may also need to accept responsibility for some of PNP 's manifest weaknesses .
2 Although it is realised that many of those teaching in London are also associated with outer counties it was suggested that London teachers might consider taking responsibility for this year 's Reunion .
3 Whom do you trust to take responsibility for Britain 's defence ; to keep us safe and strengthen our influence for good ?
4 Investors should expect to shoulder responsibility for any damage or injury arising after privatisation , and demarcation disputes were likely over liabilities from the past , he said .
5 We know that Russia would like to assume responsibility for the arsenal within its borders .
6 This is surrounded by images of body fragments which ask questions ( ‘ How do I begin to take responsibility for my body ? ’ ) taken in an early phototherapy session .
7 It 's possible to use a game as a way of demonstrating to children how they can begin to take responsibility for their own learning .
8 So , in the meantime , I 'll just see how dreadful a time I can have , so that everyone feels sorry for me and I can avoid taking responsibility for my life ! ’
9 It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid .
10 Although individual managers might have to accept responsibility for decisions , there should be a consensus in decision-making , reached by agreement with the manager 's subordinates and colleagues .
11 The tenant may wish to avoid responsibility for structural or inherent defects , ie the rectification of faults in the design or construction of a building which may otherwise be passed on to the tenant by virtue of the general effect of a tenant 's covenant to repair .
12 Again , new users should ask the LIFESPAN Manager in the first instance about the charge codes , although he may have allocated responsibility for groups of codes to project leaders .
13 Had the referendum on devolution resulted in a sufficient majority voting in favour of devolution for Wales , then the Welsh Assembly would have come into being and would have assumed responsibility for the administration of all Welsh education outside the university .
14 The person applying must have taken responsibility for arranging the funeral .
15 I do happen to have responsibility for nearly two thousand lives on board , though God knows my powers of concentration have been tested to the full of late . ’
16 The force facility can be used as often as required for a particular SPR , for example , if a user does not wish to take responsibility for the SPR or if a user accepts the SPR but at a later date passes the work onto someone else .
17 But from 20 onwards , I would have to take responsibility for managing my own life . ’
18 However , the best man or chief bridesmaid will have to take responsibility for the announcement , and the safekeeping of any gift .
19 Ruggiero does n't accept that , perhaps because it would mean accepting responsibility for the way his son 's turned out . ’
20 ‘ The Belarussian government does not want to take responsibility for the results of market reforms .
21 May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success .
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