Example sentences of "[vb base] responsibility for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bosnian Serbs deny responsibility for the attacks , which have continued since the UN declared the no-fly zone last October . |
| 2 | Governments today undertake responsibility for the discharge of a vast and complex range of functions — from the organisation and administration of the armed services to the provision of education for persons of all ages . |
| 3 | This declaration [ see p. 38599 ] had declared that the Libyan government " must surrender for trial " the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing , " accept responsibility for the actions of Libyan officials " , " disclose all it knows of this crime " and co-operate in providing access to witnesses , documents and material evidence , and " pay appropriate compensation " . |
| 4 | We accept responsibility for the acts and/or omissions of our employees or agents and suppliers while acting within the scope of or in the course of their employment , agency or contract of supply and we also accept responsibility for any deficiencies in the services we are contractually obliged to provide or for any failure of such services to reach a reasonable standard save , in each case that : |
| 5 | ( 6 ) In accordance with the constitution of the Labour Party the General Committee of this party or the executive committee of a nationally affiliated organisation shall by resolution formally accept responsibility for the election expenses of the prospective candidate selected and a copy of such resolution shall be attached to the application of the constituency party to the National Executive Committee for endorsement . |
| 6 | Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ? |
| 7 | In turn , the members of the HCIMA accept responsibility for the health and well-being of others as well as their obligations to their employers . |
| 8 | These District Land Registries accept responsibility for the registration of dealings and for first registrations of land within their allotted geographical areas . |
| 9 | For this reason , severely mentally handicapped people depend on others for protection and surveillance and , similarly , parents and teachers accept responsibility for the safety of children in their care . |
| 10 | When will the Secretary of State accept responsibility for the crisis in education provision in Cambridgeshire , or does he believe that it is just another scare got up by pupils , parents , teachers and Conservative county councillors in that county ? |
| 11 | Also the exact date of signing the report should appear at the end , under the signatures of those who accept responsibility for the report 's findings . |
| 12 | ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’ |
| 13 | In the case of a firm in private practice such solicitor may be a principal , employee or consultant of the firm , provided that the firm must have at least one principal who is a solicitor who has been admitted for at least three years , or alternatively , in the case of a firm none of whose principals exercise any right of audience or right to conduct litigation or supervise or assume responsibility for the exercise of any such right , a foreign lawyer who has been qualified in his or her own jurisdiction for at least three years ; |
| 14 | ( 2 ) in paragraph ( 2 ) of this rule , ‘ principals ’ shall be construed , except in relation to a firm none of whose principals exercise any right of audience or right to conduct litigation or supervise or assume responsibility for the exercise of any such right , as referring to principals who are solicitors ; and |
| 15 | ‘ There is something innately obscene about the identification of cruel and sadistic violence with entertainment , and all who condone this situation carry responsibility for the death of this child . ’ |
| 16 | In contrast , in an exchange rate union member countries ' governments retain responsibility for the supply growth rate of their respective currencies and are , therefore , able to manipulate their monetary policy in the short run in pursuit of popularity gains with the electorate . |
| 17 | They also take responsibility for the success of the overall operation . ’ |
| 18 | Take responsibility for the thoughts and emotions you send out , for they go into the universe and create the events and circumstances that come back to you . |
| 19 | ‘ I hereby take responsibility for the objects described overleaf ’ is the forbidding form . |
| 20 | The irony is that the more people are encouraged to think about their behaviour and take responsibility for the impact it has on other people , the more they tend to become open and honest rather than furtive and clandestine . |
| 21 | In the former role they take responsibility for the design , teaching and assessment of individual modules ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 22 | In addition , if you have responsibility for the management and development of others , you must treat the people who work for you equally and fairly . |
| 23 | Although the phrase ‘ care workers ’ is not in general use , the term has been chosen to describe a wide range of people who may be employed in the voluntary or statutory sectors and who have responsibility for the services made available in the community to support old people and their caring relatives . |
| 24 | I am told by those who have responsibility for the care and custody of young people that they can actually do something with them over that period — but little can be achieved with a young man in one or two months . |
| 25 | In this case , the firms relinquish responsibility for the instruments of production , which are provided by the workers themselves ( McEwan Scott 1979 ) . |