Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 A truly responsive adult education service can only exist when specialist staff are appointed or designated to take responsibility for this important area of work .
2 Think about times when you have blamed others , or refused to take responsibility for your life .
3 For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace .
4 The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy .
5 The Partnership should therefore be encouraged and allowed to take responsibility for the Compact strategy .
6 It was as if a genius creator , after six days ' labour , had become uninterested in his achievement and had delegated responsibility for the rule and administration of his work to a band of bureaucrats — a tireless bunch of imbeciles , lacking compassion , who justified their role in the scheme of things by ceaselessly inventing trials for man , to keep him on his toes .
7 He said : ‘ George Bush took credit for every victory around the world , but refused to take responsibility for any problem here at home . ’
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