Example sentences of "become responsible for the " in BNC.

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1 In the future , admission to nursing or residential care will be conditional on assessment , and with local authorities becoming responsible for the costs of residents requiring public support , such admissions will come under critical financial scrutiny .
2 On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB .
3 Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown .
4 By instructing us you will become responsible for the payment of the costs and disbursements involved in pursuing your claim .
5 He will now become responsible for the development of financial strategy and control throughout the Northumbrian group .
6 I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan .
7 Significantly , he also became responsible for the development of the Board 's Chapter III provision in rural areas .
8 Telford , though not sacked , disappeared from the project and Benjamin Bevan , one of the Grand Junction 's own engineers , at first nominally in tandem with Telford , became responsible for the later development .
9 The durations prescribed by the Royal College when it became responsible for the curriculum and examination have steadily increased .
10 Thereafter , the Lord Chancellor became responsible for the Council on Tribunals , appointing its chairman and members , staffing it , and sticking up for it when it needed help against recalcitrant departments .
11 France 's leader , General de Gaulle , had his own aims in Germany however and ironically France , rather than Russia , became responsible for the early failure of the joint Allied administration .
12 The person who makes the arrangements with the funeral director may be considered to have entered into a binding contract , and become responsible for the cost , even if they are not related to the deceased .
13 The apportionment , usually expressed in percentage terms , operates with the same penalty as in the normal Tender , viz. that in the event that after Proof the party to whom the Tender has been made is found liable for a greater proportion of the claim than was offered to him , then that party becomes responsible for the Tenderer 's expenses from the date when the Tender was lodged .
14 In the case of a sale of leasehold property where the lessor 's licence to assign is required , the form of licence sometimes requires signing of a counterpart licence by the seller , and frequently by the buyer too , whereby the latter explicitly becomes responsible for the tenant 's covenants in the lease ; this is a reminder in case the seller must execute the document .
15 With the passing of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 , the 1982 Act was amended to allow the Audit Commission to become responsible for the appointment of auditors to health service bodies .
16 However , Ukraine invited representatives from the other CIS states to meet on Feb. 25 to negotiate repayment mechanisms ; at the meeting , which Russia had not attended , Ukraine had offered to become responsible for the share of the debt incurred by Moldova , Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan , which had also refused to sign the memorandum ( their share of the debt being minimal ) .
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