Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] responsibility for the " in BNC.

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1 The feeling at directorial level is that while the board accepts responsibility for the running of the club it is entitled to quiz Brady if a problem has been identified with regard to team matters .
2 The Employment Department has responsibility for the dissemination of information on the comparability exercise in the United Kingdom .
3 It is also confusing to the inhabitants in that it is often difficult to ascertain which council has responsibility for the particular matter which concerns them .
4 iii Caretaker or lost child : This child takes responsibility for the family and looks after it by gently blending into the background and keeping the peace .
5 The work of the mobile teams is purely facilitation and although local health workers are kept informed of the team 's work , the village takes responsibility for the next step .
6 The Group Technical Director has responsibility for the research and development of new raw materials and products that will reduce the impact of the Company 's activities on the environment .
7 So the governing body has responsibility for the ethos of the school , for deciding what kind of school it is to be .
8 The tenant 's adviser should ensure that the landlord undertakes responsibility for the repair , maintenance and cleaning of the common parts .
9 So how far back does responsibility for the massacre go ?
10 It is essential , however , that the student takes responsibility for the final decisions on the selection of strategies and means of implementation .
11 In addition to functions directly connected with the process of bringing alleged offenders to justice and supervising their subsequent punishment or treatment , the Home Secretary has responsibility for the operation of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and other provisions for the victims of crime , and for stimulating crime prevention measures .
12 The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum .
13 It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf .
14 Mr Steffen , whose brief includes responsibility for the bank 's productivity programmes , may well bring fresh ideas from manufacturing .
15 The Treasury has responsibility for the health of the economy ; the Social Services Department has responsibility for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country .
16 The new company assumes responsibility for the profitable development of these sites and any future surplus land .
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