Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] responsibility for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soldiers for Justice group had already claimed responsibility for the murder in March 1989 of the head of the Moslem community in Belgium [ see p. 36538 ] , and for the 1988 kidnapping in Lebanon of a Belgian doctor , Jan Cools , who was freed on June 15 , 1989 [ see pp. 36365 ; 37164 ] . |
| 2 | British Rail has already accepted responsibility for the matter , as the Secretary of State has pointed out . |
| 3 | However , justifying the decision several days later , Markovic said : " Slovenia had refused all appeals from the federal government and I could no longer take responsibility for the further development of events in the republic . " |
| 4 | Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly . |
| 5 | At the EC level , and after 13 years in power , the Government can not escape responsibility for the operation of the CAP . |
| 6 | This makes it very easy for climbers not to take responsibility for the rubbish they create . |
| 7 | ‘ You can not accept responsibility for the life of another . ’ |
| 8 | Please bear in mind , however , that we can not accept responsibility for the contents of the reports as the valuers act independently from the society — except in certain parts of the country where we employ in-house valuers . |
| 9 | Why will he not accept responsibility for the rise in telecommunication charges above inflation during the 13 years of the Government 's misrule ? |
| 10 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
| 11 | A Right-wing extremist group , the White Wolves , yesterday claimed responsibility for the attack . |
| 12 | The IRA yesterday claimed responsibility for the bomb outrage at the New Forest cottage owned by Alan Dysart , parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for … . |
| 13 | ( 6 ) In accordance with the constitution of the Labour Party the General Committee of this party or the executive committee of a nationally affiliated organisation shall by resolution formally accept responsibility for the election expenses of the prospective candidate selected and a copy of such resolution shall be attached to the application of the constituency party to the National Executive Committee for endorsement . |
| 14 | Local authorities will still retain responsibility for the organisation of educational provision in their area . |
| 15 | 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 ] . |
| 16 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters later claimed responsibility for the shooting . |
| 17 | The Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front ( FPMR-A ) also claimed responsibility for the attack , describing it as an act of " popular justice " . |
| 18 | The IRA also claimed responsibility for the killing of two civilians on Jan. 14 and 15 ( in the latter case a Catholic who , the IRA later admitted , had been shot " in error " ) . |
| 19 | We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form . |
| 20 | As the responsibility of the Department of Employment , TVEI represents a determined government effort , practically by-passing the government department that has traditionally exercised responsibility for the schools and the school curriculum , to effect a swift and decisive orientation of the curriculum towards what is considered to be of immediate relevance to the skills and know-how required by a technological society . |
| 21 | It has been argued that it would make sense for whoever runs the train services to also take responsibility for the track . |
| 22 | An Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management , in his new role , David Ovenden will also have responsibility for the management of the two P&O Insurance Companies , Proteus and Beaufort Insurance . |
| 23 | Lenin was involved in motivating revolutionary action by , in part , a critique of bureaucracy but later assumed responsibility for the economic development of a backward country that needed experts in positions of authority . |
| 24 | First , ever since the war governments had willingly taken responsibility for the management of the national economy and by the late 1960s it was clear that this ‘ management ’ was becoming much less successful : inflation and unemployment were emerging as serious problems and the balance of payments position , upon which Wilson laid such stress , was increasingly precarious . |
| 25 | They also take responsibility for the success of the overall operation . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I hereby take responsibility for the objects described overleaf ’ is the forbidding form . |
| 27 | On the outbreak of hostilities , a small ministerial committee was established to co-ordinate the UK 's role in the operation , comprising Major , Hurd , Tom King ( the Defence Secretary ) and John Wakeham ( the Energy Secretary , who also had responsibility for the general co-ordination of government information ) , together with , as appropriate , other members of the Cabinet and the Attorney General ( Sir Patrick Mayhew ) . |
| 28 | On the Labour side , what seemed to be a golden opportunity was not taken , nor was it when it first arose , namely to pin responsibility for the Gulf war , and the sufferings of British hostages in it , on the government 's blunder in not seeing that Saddam Hussein would invade Kuwait . |
| 29 | To wit , Alsys , very strong in the defence market , now has responsibility for the development , marketing and support of all Hewlett-Packard Ada compilation systems and related tool sets operating on HP 9000 workstations and business systems . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the court had now assumed responsibility for the welfare of the girl and the Official Solicitor had become her legal guardian . |