Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] responsibility [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central difficulty is that of attributing responsibility to the ‘ centre ’ in such a ‘ devolved ’ organisation as the typical trade union , bearing in mind the likelihood that ‘ unofficial action ’ will be taken at individual plant level without prior consultation with the union 's central organs . |
| 2 | The paper , designed to provoke discussion , considers the usefulness of civil liability as a means of allocating responsibility for the costs of remedying environmental damage and of preventing future damage . |
| 3 | I met 15 women , all of whom said they wanted to learn machine knitting , but most of whom were afraid of taking responsibility for the machine . |
| 4 | In the arrangement in my act , the song floats on top of a piano sonata : it 's the Brechtian thing of throwing responsibility for the sentiment to your audience . ’ |
| 5 | According to sources in Washington , officials in the Department of Commerce decided at the end of last year to recommend this strategy to the president as the most effective way of relinquishing responsibility for the US 's Landsat system . |
| 6 | investigate the implications of devolving responsibility on the cost of SCOTVEC 's , and centres ' , quality systems and relate it to SCOTVEC 's future fee structure . |
| 7 | The Act gives power to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to delegate powers of regulation to the Securities and Investment Board , which in turn is responsible for delegating responsibility to a number of self-regulatory bodies governing practice in the securities market , insurance broking , fund management , provision of investment advice , and activities in futures and options . |
| 8 | He seems to have decided long before assuming responsibility for the government of Northern Nigeria that in general some form of indirect administration was ‘ in accordance with the spirit of British colonial rule ’ , which was benevolent and not ‘ arbitrary and despotic ’ . |
| 9 | The Nov. 21 agreement confirmed the Oct. 28 memorandum , committing the republics to agree on allocating responsibility for the debt . |
| 10 | So I am used to that process of working as a team and to delegating responsibility to the team and then of course monitoring and checking the results of the team . |
| 11 | As a kind of amalgam of a Ministry of Justice ( dealing with the rights of the individual ) and a Department of the Interior ( responsible for internal order and the integrity of the state ) , it would hardly be surprising for the Home Office to show symptoms of schizophrenia ; it controls immigration , prisons , and drug abuse , for example , in addition to carrying responsibility for the Metropolitan Police and the Special Branch , and all these activities depend heavily on collecting and using personal information . |
| 12 | In fact the principal political significance of incomes policy is as a device for transferring responsibility from the Government to others , something which politicians are expert at doing — which indeed is necessary for their survival . |
| 13 | Returning to London , Crawford supplemented his income by working as a waiter at Lyons ' Corner House , in Westminster , showing his athleticism by taking responsibility for a whole floor , a task normally given to four waiters . |