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

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1 Yet under the Act the Central Authority had clear responsibility for coordination and financial policy , and to enforce its powers it had , in the last resort , powers of direction , though only the Minister had powers of dismissal .
2 The Head of Department accepted that the department had some responsibility for the insalubrious state of the Pottery Hut and that it was possible to do more 3D work , although the problem of group size in this should be recognised in the report .
3 The CNAA had to decide not only the merits of the particular case , but whether it would be willing and able ( under its Charter ) to validate a teachers ' certificate as well as a degree , and how it might relate to the Area Training Organizations which had some responsibility for the teaching practice component of existing courses .
4 The Queen 's Advocate , a civil servant , had overall responsibility for the legal branch of administration , but the Supreme Court was entirely independent .
5 The Community Health Team had major responsibility for assessing children and recommending provision .
6 Despite the absence of a consensus on who had clinical responsibility for the patients in this scheme — general practitioner , hospital , or both — 28 of the 31 general practitioners wished to continue providing diabetic care within this framework .
7 One of the reasons for their homelessness is that the Prime Minister , when he had ministerial responsibility for social security , changed the rules and regulations .
8 The section XI teacher , who had particular responsibility for Balbinder , said that he was the least of her worries .
9 Their reports could be commented on by the head of mission ; but they might well not be seen at all by the imperial chancellor , who had formal responsibility for the conduct of German foreign policy .
10 First and foremost we have to consider the immediate social contexts in which the statements are made : in one case an intervention in a youth project on a council estate dominated by the particular group of boys being interviewed ; in the second case a course run for police officers who had special responsibility for training cadets in the art of ‘ good community relations ’ .
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