Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] responsibility for [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was customary in those days for the ablest students to be given some responsibility for teaching the younger pupils . |
| 2 | Giles 's proposal to make them subservient to government agents was rejected , but they were given some responsibility for supervising the work of both the regular police and the headmen , who were now designated the ‘ rural police ’ . |
| 3 | The LASMO Arts Trust has specific responsibility for arranging the festival and providing financial support to all finalists . |
| 4 | This view was echoed in a statement from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd in which he insisted that the South African government bore full responsibility for keeping the troops in Ciskei and the other bantustans under control . |
| 5 | The Independent Labour Party was thus forced to accept full responsibility for continuing the dispute . |
| 6 | The Leicestershire and Rutland Trust for Nature Conservation were given overall responsibility for creating the reserve — and did not shirk the task . |
| 7 | The camp was empty apart from the Italian Colonel , who bravely assumed full responsibility for letting the prisoners go . |
| 8 | Special thanks were due to Chris Markham who had had overall responsibility for organising the day and her band of very efficient and hard-working helpers . |
| 9 | Here , one person is appointed as manager and given full responsibility for achieving the objectives of the project . |
| 10 | YOU can do something about the situation , YOU can take personal responsibility for conserving the worlds finite resources , by not consuming meat and animal products . |
| 11 | Whilst the pure search work may be sub-contracted to other specialist departments , MAS should have principal responsibility for monitoring the progress of the search process ( particularly ensuring that time is not being spent researching targets outside the purchaser 's price range ) and drawing together all the findings . |
| 12 | This will operate outside all other apparatus and will have ongoing responsibility for co-ordinating the approach to violence and aggressive behaviour as well as updating policy . |
| 13 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
| 14 | The cabbie was taken on , did brilliantly , and was made a team leader , eventually taking brief responsibility for running the dealing floor . |
| 15 | J R Hall ( Points of View , 12 February ) is right to suggest that British Rail would be able to make a profit if the Government took full responsibility for funding the provision and maintenance of railway infrastructure as it does roads . |
| 16 | District health authorities should cease to have direct responsibility for managing the hospitals and units . |
| 17 | Even when intervention is compatible with official pay restraint policy , it may still be covert since politicians may not wish to take public responsibility for influencing the outcome of a specific case and prefer to see the opprobrium attached to management . |
| 18 | They are used as reserves of migrant labour and ray materials , to which the developed centre can export its unemployment when necessary : the importance of sovereignty is that a Bantustan carries political responsibility for handling the consequences of economic downturn , while the developed centre carries little or none . |
| 19 | ‘ Line functions are those which have direct responsibility for achieving the objectives of the company . |
| 20 | The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school , but this will be effective only if the considerable pool of talent and experience within the staff is used successfully . |