Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [art] responsibility " in BNC.
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| 1 | How might an organization divide up the responsibility for marketing activities between its sub-divisions and head office ? |
| 2 | They will take on the responsibility for providing stock and glasses , experienced staff and will also obtain the necessary licence for the event . |
| 3 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 4 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 5 | Perhaps the best man could take on the responsibility of arriving before the guests and checking the microphone . |
| 6 | How long will he take on the responsibility of a wife who is blind and helpless ? |
| 7 | The supreme body was the Council of Heads of State , which would take on the responsibility of legal succession from the dissolution of the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | then I 'm perfectly happy to let Gus take over the responsibility since he did such a great job . |
| 9 | Following the Health and Safety ( Emissions into the Atmosphere ) Regulations 1983 , referred to earlier it is expected that local authorities will take over the responsibility for prosecuting persons for such offences , as Regulation 7 repeals s.78(3) of the 1974 Act which had required proceedings to be instituted by an inspector appointed under s. 19 of the Health and Safety at Work , etc . |
| 10 | By November 1948 , it was agreed that they could take over the responsibility for progressing work on the manufacture of plant and on-site construction from the Ministries of Supply and Works , and the following year they did so . |
| 11 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 12 | She had asked if someone else could take over the responsibility , but no-one was interested , he added . |