Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) . |
| 2 | Each department head has the support of several junior ministers , known as ministers of state or under-secretaries , who may take on particular responsibilities for specific policy areas . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shamir took on temporary responsibility for all the vacant portfolios . |
| 8 | She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session . |
| 9 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 10 | We aim to continue and develop this approach as we take on new responsibilities for arranging residential and nursing home care . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So the suppliers also take on more responsibility for R&D . |