Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) .
2 The Governor of Goa , Khurshid Alam Khan , took on additional responsibility for Karnataka in January 1991 following the resignation of Bhanu Pratap Singh [ see p. 37964 ] .
3 The Information Minister , Michel Samaha , took on additional responsibility for Tourism ; Justice Minister Nasri al-Maalouf took on Foreign and Expatriate Affairs ; and Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Michel al-Murr took on Telecommunications and Posts .
4 The prospect of handing over total responsibility for the care of the most vulnerable people in society to such local authorities was felt by some to be profoundly disquieting .
5 The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office .
6 KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme .
7 IXI will remain intact as an SCO subsidiary , and is to take over some responsibility for the development of Open Desktop — SCO 's graphical operating system bundle which has yet to deliver in the manner promised .
8 From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared .
9 As the engineers within the BEA began to take over direct responsibility for the power station sites during 1948 , the prospect of strengthening the organisation improved .
10 Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke is expected to take over leading responsibility for regulation of the press .
11 Furthermore , peripherals used by each are likely to be drawn together into a single , compatible product line and Fujitsu is expected to take over more responsibility for the development of ICL and Amdahl 's mainframe CPU architectures .
12 At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side .
13 Vieira relinquished the Interior portfolio to Abubacar Balde and appointed Pedro Godinho Gomes as Minister of Civil Service and Labour to replace Mário Cabral , who took over ministerial responsibility for Rural Development and Agriculture .
14 After a long argument , an offer from the Movement to take over financial responsibility for the girl 's education persuaded Mrs Gross to change her mind , Jean stayed on at her grammar school .
15 A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives .
16 So the suppliers also take on more responsibility for R&D .
17 With the advent of delegated management responsibility to schools and the use of internal evaluation processes , schools could take on more responsibility for the distribution of resources .
18 She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session .
19 Again there is a need for a clear partnership between the school and the LEA with schools and colleges having to carry out first-line responsibility for quality assurance .
20 Shamir took on temporary responsibility for all the vacant portfolios .
21 Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly .
22 We lack systematic knowledge of the circumstances under which grandchildren might take on significant responsibility for the support ( either personal or financial ) for their grandparents in contemporary Britain .
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