Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] responsibility [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 No reliance on the imagined generosity of a mythical ‘ god ’ can provide escape from the natural order that ultimately insists that responsibility for the provision of the needs , for example of a family , lies primarily with the parents .
2 ‘ The man 's presence in the aircraft is a matter for the airline which has sole responsibility under the Government 's national aviation security programme . ’
3 In a draft policy statement entitled : ‘ University Consensual Relationships ’ published last week , the AUT recommends lecturers officially report romantic or sexual involvement and cease professional responsibility for the student concerned .
4 Notwithstanding that a particular central government department has total responsibility for the discharge of particular functions — from formulation of general overall policy to implementation in the form of decisions in particular cases ‘ on the ground ’ — it may nevertheless be desirable to distribute actual administration at different levels on a geographical basis .
5 Now I do n't think that 's right , fair or democratic and if we 've shied away from it for years handling this issue and now we 're in the position where this house has total responsibility for the thirty thousand citizens in total of Gibralt it 's not the electorate , the total population , thirty thousand and we continued to deny them vote yet they are citizens of the European union under our own legislation and accepted as such by the European parliament and it is wholly wrong Mr Deputy Speaker that the boundaries that we 're discussing in this bill were not drawn so that and it could easily have been done , that we could have incorporated the twenty odd thousand European union citizens of Gibraltar who do wish to be part of Spain and wo n't be for fifty years or more until it 's been a democracy that long , but to give them the right to vote .
6 any other person who has parental responsibility for the child
7 No minor of whatever age has power by refusing consent to treatment to override a consent to treatment by someone who has parental responsibility for the minor and a fortiori a consent by the court .
8 " Family " in this context includes any person who has parental responsibility for the child or with whom he is living ( s17(10) ) .
9 If a person seeking party status has parental responsibility for the child but has not been named as a respondent , the court must grant his request .
10 In this context " the responsible person " means any person who has parental responsibility for the child and any other person with whom the child is living .
11 The Taylor report found some responsibility for the tragedy lay with the stadium 's management , some with the fans and some with the South Yorkshire police , and suggested that senior officers had been dubious witnesses .
12 If there are to be changes which are likely to generate controversy it 's a good idea to consult the LEA inspector who has pastoral responsibility for the school .
13 Or he might stick with the status quo , in which parliament has principal responsibility for the economy , and replace Mr Kuchma with a more pliant prime minister .
14 The hydrogeologist supervised the national groundwater monitoring programme and retained overall responsibility for the computerisation of water borehole records .
15 In every case taken on by this Firm we appoint a Supervisor who has overall responsibility to the client for the way the claim is handled .
16 The design team may have many forms from a single individual working alone to a broadly based curriculum development team with specialists in curriculum design , graphics , programming and observation ; however , for our purpose it is useful to emphasize three roles — the curriculum designer who has overall responsibility for the program teaching unit and its associated written or audio-visual material , the program designer who realizes the computer program and the teacher developers in whose classrooms the material is tried and tuned .
17 Unfortunately , since no individual has overall responsibility for the completion of the project , control is usually poor and motivation is sometimes lacking , leading to overrun on budget and time .
18 The island of Nevis has its own legislature ( consisting of five elected and three nominated members ) and executive which has exclusive responsibility for the island 's internal administration and through which its population may exercise its constitutional right to secede from the union with St Christopher .
19 Nevis has its own legislature ( consisting of five elected and three nominated members ) and an executive which has exclusive responsibility for the island 's internal administration and through which its population may exercise its right to secede from the union with St Christopher .
20 The project manager has full responsibility for the project and is given necessary resources for planning and implementation .
21 The salaried partner will rarely agree to accept full responsibility for the debts of the firm along with the equity partners where his share of the profits is finite and his involvement in management restricted .
22 It went on : ‘ The board of governors acknowledges the widespread public and staff concern that John Birt was not employed on a staff basis and accepts full responsibility for the errors made and apologises for them . ’
23 We invited David Fell , Permanent Secretary of the DED , who has ultimate responsibility for the IDB and LEDU , and Julian Crozier , Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency , to attend .
24 Labour was further incensed because Balfour 's and the Cabinet majority 's crowning blow to Long 's hopes had been to ensure that the Act operated for only three years , the result of government 's unwillingness to accept permanent responsibility for the relief of unemployment .
25 No distinction is made for the Metropolitan Police , much the largest force in the country , where the Home Secretary has formal responsibility as the police authority .
26 Wendy has special responsibility for the Trade Campaign .
27 Darlington borough council refused to see the South African visitors including diplomat Pierrette Grobler , who has special responsibility for the North-East .
28 At a Volkskammer session on April 12 " the first freely elected parliament of the GDR recognise[d] joint responsibility for the humiliation , expulsion and murder of Jewish men , women and children " .
29 ‘ For too long in this country we have pushed parental responsibility into the sidelines .
30 Further , at the third stage the European central bank will assume complete responsibility for the union 's monetary and exchange rate policies .
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