Example sentences of "[vb infin] responsibility for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reassuring to know that his duties will include responsibility for the BBC , for as George Walden argues on this page , it was he who rescued the Broadcasting Bill after the last Thatcher government made such a hash of television deregulation . |
| 2 | In 1963 he called together a representative meeting to discuss plans to move forward from the Curriculum Steering Group and create a new and ( of course ) co-operative body which would assume responsibility for the national examination system , for giving advice on the school curriculum , and for relating the two . |
| 3 | If they fail will they assume responsibility for the failure or blame someone else ? |
| 4 | In Jane Austen 's novels a community is defined by a village , rather than its great house , where it is proper that the parson should assume responsibility for the cure of souls . |
| 5 | Ronnie , who has been with the company for six years , is now responsible for all production departments within the factory and will assume responsibility for the Warehouse and Pattern Room from 1st April 1991 . |
| 6 | The extra name was written by hand on the scorecard , which cost 10 centimes but did n't disclaim responsibility for the last wicket to fall ! |
| 7 | Heaven has not issued any press releases , unless the Pope ( who is against the Gulf war ) knows something we do n't , but if it does , God will certainly disclaim responsibility for the most irresponsible war of the century . |
| 8 | If the user decides to reject the SPR , he may transfer responsibility for the SPR onto another user . |
| 9 | Addressing the conference , Ruslan Khasbulatov , Supreme Soviet Chairman , attacked recent government criticism of both central and local legislatures , accusing the government of " constant provocative actions … perhaps to try and avoid responsibility for the existing failures in the economic reforms " . |
| 10 | What the CNAA was looking for , therefore , was evidence of a changed organizational and administrative environment , an academic machinery that could exercise responsibility for the continuing scrutiny and health of courses , and this was particularly important in the case of the newly-designed polytechnics , given the emphasis on academic boards and ‘ a large measure of autonomy ’ for institutions under their governing bodies in the government 's 1967 statement on polytechnics . |
| 11 | In effect , the 1944 Act confirmed the idea of partnership ; that central government and local authorities would share responsibility for the running of the nation 's schools . |
| 12 | Hatta , as Vice-president , announced the KNIP would provide a Working Committee to ‘ share responsibility for the fate of the Indonesian people ’ . |
| 13 | Nurse Kay Hopps will have responsibility for the running of the office . |
| 14 | The new department will have responsibility for the Dutch Institute for Energy Research , the Dutch end of the European Space Agency , the Institute for Marine Research and for the promotion of microelectronics , and biotechnology . |
| 15 | It is ‘ joint and several ’ : anybody involved may have responsibility for the whole site , however slight the involvement . |
| 16 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 17 | It follows the announcement by Mr Ian Lang , Minister of State for Industry and Education at the Scottish Office , that the Scottish Vocational Education Council ( SCOTVEC ) would have responsibility for the development and accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 18 | In October 1989 , Ian Lang , then Scottish Education Minister , announced that SCOTVEC would have responsibility for the accreditation and development of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 19 | The audit review panel would be completely independent of the directors and would have responsibility for the supervision of the assessment process on behalf of the shareholders and be responsive to the needs of other stakeholders . |
| 20 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 21 | Given the divisions between Labour and Conservative and the unresolved question of which Whitehall department should have responsibility for the policy , this was a predictable response . |
| 22 | In October 1989 , Ian Lang , Scottish Education Minister , announced that SCOTVEC would have responsibility for the accreditation and development of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 23 | In his new role , he will have responsibility for the day-to-day management , operations , cleaning , maintenance and marketing of Middleton Arndale . |
| 24 | An Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management , in his new role , David Ovenden will also have responsibility for the management of the two P&O Insurance Companies , Proteus and Beaufort Insurance . |
| 25 | As a Director of P&O Developments , he will have responsibility for the Continental European property development and investment portfolio . |
| 26 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 27 | Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly . |
| 28 | He will take responsibility for the five courses … |
| 29 | This meant that , even with daily case conferences , it was not possible for one nurse either to supervise or take responsibility for the individualised care of each client . |
| 30 | Do you take responsibility for the day-to-day running of it ? |