Example sentences of "hand over responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 This handed over responsibility for the poor law from the boards of guardians to the local authorities .
2 Normally he handed over responsibility for the routine maintenance of their relationship to Ellen , but she was letting him down , so he was going to try the only technique he knew : drop some explosive overboard and see what floated to the surface .
3 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 .
4 Unfortunately , there is sometimes resistance among staff on inpatient units to admitting patients who may not be suffering from psychiatric illness , but who for a brief period of time need to hand over responsibility for their well-being to the inpatient clinical team .
5 Among other things that it is the teacher who has all the good ideas , thereby making it difficult to hand over responsibility for decision making to the children .
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