Example sentences of "[verb] responsibility for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Ruggiero does n't accept that , perhaps because it would mean accepting responsibility for the way his son 's turned out . ’ |
2 | A new Ministry of Commerce , Industry and Co-operatives led by Richard Kaijuka ( hitherto Minister of Energy ) was given responsibility for the development of import substitution and the promotion of exports . |
3 | We need a conception of ourselves in the universe not as the master species but as the servant species : as the one being given responsibility for the whole and for the good of the whole . |
4 | Mr Lucas said Michael worked for Bond Corporation for around five years and was trusted so greatly he was given responsibility for the security of international VIPs who visited Western Australia during Bond 's America 's Cup defence three years ago . |
5 | In 1902 the county councils were given responsibility for the planning and provision of secondary education . |
6 | Some functional departmentation remains ( eg manufacturing , distribution , marketing and sales ) but a divisional manager is given responsibility for the product , product line or brand , with authority over the personnel of different functions involved in its production marketing etc . |
7 | To ensure that hospital consultants — whose decisions effectively commit sums of money — are involved in the management of hospitals ; are given responsibility for the use of resources ; and are encouraged to use those resources more effectively . |
8 | This kind of accountability goes beyond the narrowly defined stewardship of assets to include responsibility for the performance of those assets . |
9 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
10 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
11 | The IRA admitted responsibility for the attack . |
12 | The Irish Republican Army admitted responsibility for the killing of two Australian tourists in the Netherlands . |
13 | She appeared at a police press conference in Derby with the sergeant 's mother , Mrs Joyce Newman , 58 , after the Irish National Liberation Army admitted responsibility for the murder . |
14 | The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 . |
15 | The PLO itself published a communiqué in Tunis on June 8 attributing responsibility for the killing to the Israeli secret service , Mossad — a charge which was in turn dismissed by the Israeli authorities as not meriting a response . |
16 | It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf . |
17 | The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum . |
18 | The feeling at directorial level is that while the board accepts responsibility for the running of the club it is entitled to quiz Brady if a problem has been identified with regard to team matters . |
19 | Dahl retained responsibility for the environment while the energy portfolio went to Rune Molin , vice-president of the Trade Union Confederation ( LO ) , who also took over the industry portfolio from Ivar Nordberg . |
20 | In a move meeting with approval from the financial markets Pierre Bérégovoy retained responsibility for the economy , finance and budget ; reflecting Cresson 's commitment to industrial regeneration , his responsibilities were expanded [ see attachments of Ministers-Delegate ] . |
21 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
22 | Although no one had claimed responsibility for the attack by last night , it was apparently being treated as a terrorist incident by the Belgian police . |
23 | However , a PFLP-GC statement broadcast by Al-Quds on Feb. 7 pointed out that it had never claimed responsibility for the attack . |
24 | The Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front ( FPMR-A ) also claimed responsibility for the attack , describing it as an act of " popular justice " . |
25 | The Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) later claimed responsibility for the attack , the first to cause civilian deaths on the mainland since February 1991 [ see pp. 38019-20 ] . |
26 | Indeed , I understand that the Ping Tiao have claimed responsibility for the act . ’ |
27 | The IRA has claimed responsibility for the car bomb which exploded near Downing Street this morning . |
28 | The unit had claimed responsibility for the assassination of over 300 troops , policemen and government officials since 1984 . |
29 | The Irish National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the shooting . |
30 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters later claimed responsibility for the shooting . |