Example sentences of "over responsibility for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking over responsibility for Britain 's nuclear deterrent from the RAF would be attractive only if funds allocated for it were transferred from the Air vote ; or |
| 2 | Labour 's proposed Department for Legal Administration would take over responsibility for courts and tribunals ; court procedures ; organisation , training and appointment of the legal profession , magistracy and judiciary ; legal aid ; legal services ; and the Sentencing Council . |
| 3 | Koffi also took over responsibility for debt rescheduling from former Minister of State Maurice Seri Gnoléba . |
| 4 | He will take over responsibility for broadcasting from the Home Office in addition to administering the new national lottery . |
| 5 | The announcement that Mr Hunt , as current Employment Secretary , would take over responsibility for women 's affairs was made at last week 's Tory Women 's Conference and sparked outrage from Labour MPs and women 's lobby groups . |
| 6 | If agreement is reached , Reed will sell its interests to the other three parties , who will also take over responsibility for Reed 's guarantees . |
| 7 | Wanting to protect him , she took charge of the conversation then , turning it to subjects that could have no personal connotations for him , subjects like the efficient way that the British government had persuaded the Americans to take over responsibility for Greece and its defence against Communism , which they could no longer afford , and their less effective attempts to involve the Americans in the Palestine troubles . |
| 8 | Among other things that it is the teacher who has all the good ideas , thereby making it difficult to hand over responsibility for decision making to the children . |
| 9 | The agency will take over responsibility for IBM promotions , exhibitions and sponsorship . |
| 10 | Robert Atkins took over responsibility for sport at the Department of the Environment , replacing Colin Moynihan . |
| 11 | When the British Electricity Authority and its divisions took over responsibility for generation design in April 1948 , the engineers from the CEB , particularly Hacking , and Pask , his chief engineer , looked forward to strengthening the role of the centre in the design function , but that too could only have an impact in the longer run . |
| 12 | In the meantime , Gain is to take over responsibility for Sybase 's object-oriented front-end development projects . |
| 13 | Syrian forces control much of eastern and northern Lebanon , and since early 1987 have taken over responsibility for security in West Beirut . |
| 14 | In 1967 , the British Bliss Classification Association ( BCA ) was formed to take over responsibility for BC ; work began on its revision in 1969 under the editorial direction of Jack Mills . |
| 15 | Clearly , the sooner it is vested the better , as the fund will take over responsibility for maintenance on a regular basis . |