Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] the responsibility " in BNC.

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1 The Court was given the responsibility of handling cases arising from all three Community treaties or from disputes between members .
2 While local government was responsible for public health , and for the rudimentary planning , housing and hospital functions required to help achieve more sanitary urban areas , education was made the responsibility of separately elected school boards .
3 The team as a whole was given the responsibility for the whole task and for assigning individuals to particular jobs .
4 All Operational , Intelligence and Weapon Development policy was made the responsibility of the Central Staff , which encompassed but did not unify the Naval , General , and Air Staffs .
5 Hankin signalled the start of that new youth policy by leaving out defender Kevan Smith Andy Toman was given the responsibility of captaining the side and pairing youngsters Sunley and Gregan at the centre of defence .
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