Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] responsibility [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everywhere in the present-day world the strength of nationalism seems to be intimately connected with the increasing power of the state as it assumes ever greater responsibility for the stability of the economy and for economic growth . |
| 2 | Through [ Solicitors ] the legal aspects of due diligence work would be co-ordinated and supervised on a European basis and [ Lawyer ] would assume overall personal responsibility for this area . |
| 3 | The importance of the traditional monitoring role of the LEA has been strengthened by the recent legislation particularly as the 1988 Act has transferred considerably increased responsibility for the management of schools and colleges to governors , heads and principals . |
| 4 | Again there is a need for a clear partnership between the school and the LEA with schools and colleges having to carry out first-line responsibility for quality assurance . |
| 5 | Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) . |
| 6 | With the advent of delegated management responsibility to schools and the use of internal evaluation processes , schools could take on more responsibility for the distribution of resources . |
| 7 | We lack systematic knowledge of the circumstances under which grandchildren might take on significant responsibility for the support ( either personal or financial ) for their grandparents in contemporary Britain . |
| 8 | From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared . |
| 9 | The Governor of Goa , Khurshid Alam Khan , took on additional responsibility for Karnataka in January 1991 following the resignation of Bhanu Pratap Singh [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 10 | The Information Minister , Michel Samaha , took on additional responsibility for Tourism ; Justice Minister Nasri al-Maalouf took on Foreign and Expatriate Affairs ; and Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Michel al-Murr took on Telecommunications and Posts . |
| 11 | Shamir took on temporary responsibility for all the vacant portfolios . |
| 12 | She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session . |
| 13 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 14 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 15 | KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme . |
| 16 | Vieira relinquished the Interior portfolio to Abubacar Balde and appointed Pedro Godinho Gomes as Minister of Civil Service and Labour to replace Mário Cabral , who took over ministerial responsibility for Rural Development and Agriculture . |
| 17 | At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side . |
| 18 | The prospect of handing over total responsibility for the care of the most vulnerable people in society to such local authorities was felt by some to be profoundly disquieting . |
| 19 | While Sir John tended to favour a consensus style of management , Sir Denys has been more authoritarian , taking more direct responsibility for decisions . |
| 20 | To do this is not easy , for it means in turn abandoning many of the systems of personnel management , and taking far more responsibility for encouraging and supporting difference . |
| 21 | It is significant that one of the first major published attacks on Indirect Rule was written by a Northern Nigeria DO , Walter Crocker , whose animus against the system clearly arose not from disagreement with its basic principles but from the fact that DOs were allowed so little responsibility within it . |
| 22 | To have overall managerial responsibility for the running of the office , including : |
| 23 | She insists that even with the provisions of such a charter the idea ‘ can only work out in reality if both partners , in fact , share [ the childcare ] , because there is not much point in allowing women the opportunity of going further up the ladder if they continue to have almost sole responsibility for childcare . ’ |
| 24 | Even that strategy , however , had still left too much responsibility with authorities . |
| 25 | She reddened , said : ‘ I knew you would think I had taken too much responsibility on myself . ’ |
| 26 | I also referred to the child 's role as a productive member of the family ; children often take on real responsibility at an early age . |
| 27 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |
| 28 | So the suppliers also take on more responsibility for R&D . |
| 29 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 30 | the administration of the legal aid system should be reorganised to ensure that the systems were simple , that there were clear lines of responsibility and that one organisation had clear overall responsibility for the operation of legal aid and advice . |