Example sentences of "[verb] over responsibility for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would sit for a limited period , probably less than six months , and would take over responsibility for those areas of state operation essential for impartial elections including the security forces , a limited budgetary role , the state-owned media and the conduct of the elections themselves .
2 Toton took over responsibility for all Railfreight Coal traction used in the Midlands , North West , Yorkshire and North East districts , comprising some 250 locomotives of Classes 20 , 56 and 58 .
3 After the 1974 reorganisation , the new regional health authorities took over responsibility for all hospital and community health expenditure .
4 The move is vital because the NHS is handing over responsibility for these patients to the voluntary and private sector because of cash shortages , said John Kellett , a consultant geriatrician at St George 's Hospital in London .
5 As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could .
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