Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1902 the county councils were given responsibility for the planning and provision of secondary education . |
| 2 | A rough rule-of-thumb was that landowners controlled the rural county councils and farmers the rural district councils ( which were given responsibility for housing ) . |
| 3 | So when the Training and Enterprise Councils were given responsibility for a new stream of scheme they said quite rightly I think that they would only support survivable businesses . |
| 4 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 5 | As far as could be foreseen , they were to retain responsibility for the nuclear deterrent after ballistic missiles had taken over from manned bombers . |
| 6 | Mr Lucas said Michael worked for Bond Corporation for around five years and was trusted so greatly he was given responsibility for the security of international VIPs who visited Western Australia during Bond 's America 's Cup defence three years ago . |
| 7 | Gosatomnadzor , the regulator which was given responsibility for civil and military materials last June , has been refused access to some military inventories . |
| 8 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 9 | However , in April 1989 an advisory teacher attached to the Primary Division was given responsibility for ‘ parents and community ’ along with her existing workload . |
| 10 | Two years later , Brooke was given responsibility for the Kent coast from Dover to Whitstable , with the task of preventing any communication between the French and their English sympathizers . |
| 11 | UNESCO was given responsibility for organizing international sponsored Literacy Year ( 1990 ) and sponsored with UNICEF , the UNDP and the World Bank , the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien , Thailand , on March 5-9 [ see also p. 37335 ] . |
| 12 | Established by Congress on Aug. 2 , it was given responsibility for drawing up a plan within 150 days for the " pacification " of the country . |
| 13 | The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution . |
| 14 | A new Ministry of Commerce , Industry and Co-operatives led by Richard Kaijuka ( hitherto Minister of Energy ) was given responsibility for the development of import substitution and the promotion of exports . |
| 15 | Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet . |
| 16 | For six years or so the CNAA had moved with caution — indeed , only one of its officers , Francis Hanrott , had any previous experience involving contact with teacher education , and he was given responsibility for the various levels of negotiation . |
| 17 | When South-East Asia Command ( SEAC ) was formed in 1943 , Mountbatten was assigned responsibility for retaking Malaya and Sumatra . |
| 18 | Mbayo was assigned responsibility for transport , mineral resources and public works , Bio for finance , foreign affairs and information and Kambo for labour , commerce and land matters . |
| 19 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In late 1989 Ian Lang , then Minister for Education in the Scottish Office , announced that SCOTVEC was to take responsibility for the accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |