Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] responsibility for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’ |
| 3 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 4 | The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status . |
| 5 | In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed . |
| 6 | On Nov. 7 , 1989 , the truce was broken by the FLNC which claimed responsibility for the bombing of two buildings under construction in Santa Lucia di Porto Vecchio in the north of the island . |
| 7 | Abdesellam himself took responsibility for the Economy Ministry , as had Ghozali before him . |
| 8 | Despite Bush 's support for Puerto Rican statehood ( declared in 1989 ) , the referendum plan was killed on Feb. 27 , 1991 , when the US Senate energy and natural resources committee ( which had responsibility for the legislation ) failed to secure a majority to bring the bill authorizing the referendum before the Senate . |
| 9 | No-one claimed responsibility for the attack , but Hezbollah and Syria both blamed Israel . |
| 10 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 11 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 12 | • Asked about rumours of his apparently imminent move from his position as managing director of Lotus , Michael Kimberley suggested we ask GM Europe president Bob Eaton , who has responsibility for the sports car maker . |
| 13 | I have a real difficulty in locating who has responsibility for the dustbins . ’ |
| 14 | Rose , who has responsibility for the largest mortgage book in the South East of England , said she was delighted . |
| 15 | If you have been nominated to respond to an SPR , this option enables you to accept responsibility for the SPR or to pass it on to another user . |
| 16 | Also the exact date of signing the report should appear at the end , under the signatures of those who accept responsibility for the report 's findings . |
| 17 | The mounting protests on all sides came as the outlawed Ulster Freedom Freedom fighters , who claimed responsibility for the four shootings , threatened to step up their murder campaign . |
| 18 | Do you take responsibility for the day-to-day running of it ? |
| 19 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 20 | Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister . |
| 21 | The official was a member of the staff of the Procurator General who had responsibility for the smooth running of the Correctional Labour Colonies scattered across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . |
| 22 | Although the phrase ‘ care workers ’ is not in general use , the term has been chosen to describe a wide range of people who may be employed in the voluntary or statutory sectors and who have responsibility for the services made available in the community to support old people and their caring relatives . |
| 23 | I am told by those who have responsibility for the care and custody of young people that they can actually do something with them over that period — but little can be achieved with a young man in one or two months . |
| 24 | Mr Smith is begging for help and you are concerned about Amy ; you feel that you have something to offer ( and you have responsibility for the two pre-school children ) . |
| 25 | In addition , if you have responsibility for the management and development of others , you must treat the people who work for you equally and fairly . |
| 26 | A year earlier on Dec. 6 , 1988 , another bomb had exploded at the Free University , but no one claimed responsibility for the attacks . |
| 27 | We accept responsibility for the acts and/or omissions of our employees or agents and suppliers while acting within the scope of or in the course of their employment , agency or contract of supply and we also accept responsibility for any deficiencies in the services we are contractually obliged to provide or for any failure of such services to reach a reasonable standard save , in each case that : |
| 28 | Do we accept responsibility for the quality of your holidays ? |
| 29 | If they fail will they assume responsibility for the failure or blame someone else ? |
| 30 | At the same time they took responsibility for the home , ’ she says . |