Example sentences of "over responsibility " in BNC.

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1 Toton took over responsibility for all Railfreight Coal traction used in the Midlands , North West , Yorkshire and North East districts , comprising some 250 locomotives of Classes 20 , 56 and 58 .
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 The faster US troops can turn over responsibility for keeping the peace to Panamanian forces , officials said , the better the US invasion would look to Latin Americans .
4 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
5 In 1988 , after the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza had started their uprising , he made another fateful decision , renouncing Jordan 's claim to the West Bank and handing over responsibility to the Palestine Liberation Organisation .
6 As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could .
7 He will take over responsibility for broadcasting from the Home Office in addition to administering the new national lottery .
8 We believe the Department of Trade and Industry should take over responsibility for them .
9 Clearly , the sooner it is vested the better , as the fund will take over responsibility for maintenance on a regular basis .
10 In 1948 , the Bucks Water Board took over responsibility for the supply and water for the Urban District was obtained from Foxcote reservoir and the Thames Valley Water Table .
11 Unfortunately , there is sometimes resistance among staff on inpatient units to admitting patients who may not be suffering from psychiatric illness , but who for a brief period of time need to hand over responsibility for their well-being to the inpatient clinical team .
12 The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training .
13 This also applies to owners taking over responsibility from defaulting tenants , and finance houses taking back property from mortgagors .
14 Professor David Skilton , Head of English at the New University of Wales College of Cardiff , took over responsibility for our chapter on the teaching of English language and literature in the schools of Wales , and proved usefully at home with structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to literature .
15 They hand over responsibility to teenage , growing up and growing away , young people , who should gradually feel they are in charge of their own lives , and eventually become fully independent .
16 John Routly , the Ffestiniog Railway chairman , recently told members of the Ffestiniog Railway Society : ‘ Discussions are taking place between us the Welsh Highland and Gwynedd County Council , the aim being to create a divisional board representing both the FR and WHR to take over responsibility for the Welsh Highland if the Minister of Transport makes the transfer .
17 ’ The provision of the men who were eventually to take over responsibility for the management of an enterprise was regarded as a matter of making sure that enough young men entered business at the foot of the ladder , ’ wrote Falk of the old days .
18 Duncan , like all good pilots , liked to be present when others took over responsibility for his aircraft .
19 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 .
20 In the mid-1980s the French government did act to try to redress these trend , taking over responsibility for extra hospital services from the local departments .
21 The death of the AHA was not the last word of its members , since the caucus moved across to a position within the new Victoria District Authority , which took over responsibility for the management of the AHA 's asylums .
22 Ingres is now under the firm charge of ex-DEC European chief and now ASK Group president Pier Carlo Falotti , replacing Dennis McGinn who has taken over responsibility for developing strategic partners for the company .
23 The agency will take over responsibility for IBM promotions , exhibitions and sponsorship .
24 The specifications will be submitted to X/Open Co Ltd for inclusion in the Portability Guide and the standards body will also take over responsibility for the publishing , trademarking and branding of Motif specifications .
25 In the meantime , Gain is to take over responsibility for Sybase 's object-oriented front-end development projects .
26 It is also taking over responsibility from the DoH for the Council of Europe fellowships and World Health Organisation fellowships .
27 Organised by WACC 's Pacific region and hosted by the Divine Word Institute , the workshop aims to equip local publishers to take over responsibility for the layout and design of their own publications .
28 They would not really want to hand over responsibility to a board of trustees , but would rather retain rights their rights within the museum .
29 If agreement is reached , Reed will sell its interests to the other three parties , who will also take over responsibility for Reed 's guarantees .
30 This handed over responsibility for the poor law from the boards of guardians to the local authorities .
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