Example sentences of "was give responsibility " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Gosatomnadzor , the regulator which was given responsibility for civil and military materials last June , has been refused access to some military inventories .
3 It follows , I believe , that if the GMC was given responsibility in this area it would have to exercise it comprehensively , in an enormous number of areas of both conventional and unorthodox practice .
4 In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context .
5 However , in April 1989 an advisory teacher attached to the Primary Division was given responsibility for ‘ parents and community ’ along with her existing workload .
6 Two years later , Brooke was given responsibility for the Kent coast from Dover to Whitstable , with the task of preventing any communication between the French and their English sympathizers .
7 UNESCO was given responsibility for organizing international sponsored Literacy Year ( 1990 ) and sponsored with UNICEF , the UNDP and the World Bank , the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien , Thailand , on March 5-9 [ see also p. 37335 ] .
8 Established by Congress on Aug. 2 , it was given responsibility for drawing up a plan within 150 days for the " pacification " of the country .
9 The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution .
10 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 .
11 Aleksandr Shokhin , a Deputy Prime Minister hitherto with responsibility for Social Policy was given responsibility instead for Foreign Economic Relations .
12 Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet .
13 For six years or so the CNAA had moved with caution — indeed , only one of its officers , Francis Hanrott , had any previous experience involving contact with teacher education , and he was given responsibility for the various levels of negotiation .
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