Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] responsibility for the " in BNC.

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1 In consequence , the Joint Contract Tribunal ( JCT ) extended their terms of reference to assume responsibility for the production of standard forms of subcontract and at the same time enlarged their membership by inviting the two main subcontractors ' organisations to become constituent bodies .
2 When will the Secretary of State accept responsibility for the crisis in education provision in Cambridgeshire , or does he believe that it is just another scare got up by pupils , parents , teachers and Conservative county councillors in that county ?
3 This kind of accountability goes beyond the narrowly defined stewardship of assets to include responsibility for the performance of those assets .
4 Now the Department of Energy is in the ludicrous position of trying to persuade the SSEB to accept responsibility for the Scottish plutonium , currently unseparated from the rest of the spent fuel , while the CEGB is under pressure to take responsibility for the Kent plutonium .
5 The next day Islamic Jihad released a statement in Beirut claiming responsibility for the attack .
6 The involvement of the ministry led Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to accept a 10 per cent cut in his salary for three months in order to assume responsibility for the scandal .
7 Dr George Carey called on parents to accept responsibility for the way their children grow up and give them moral guidance .
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