Example sentences of "assume responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a principal , he assumes responsibility for the performance of the entire transportation contract . |
| 2 | Director of trade marketing for Wedgwood U.K. , Nicholas Frankish , assumes responsibility for customer service and trade marketing for Johnson Brothers . |
| 3 | A further risk that may be relevant where a purchaser acquires assets and assumes responsibility for some but not all of the creditors , is that the sale may be seen as a preferential treatment of creditors under IA 1986 , s239 . |
| 4 | The new company assumes responsibility for the profitable development of these sites and any future surplus land . |
| 5 | The importance of the Federation to the District was considerably increased when the Cambridge Board assumed responsibility for the Bedfordshire Rural Scheme and appointed Shearman as its resident tutor in 1930 . |
| 6 | With the new Council established and working effectively , the original University/WEA Joint Tutorial Classes Committee and the Rural Areas Committee were replaced in 1946 by a new University/WEA Joint Committee which assumed responsibility for Tutorial Classes and One-Year Sessional classes extending over twenty to twenty-four meetings . |
| 7 | In July 1878 , though , the Bureau of Indian Affairs assumed responsibility for the Nez Perce , and transferred them south to the parched 7000-acre Quapaw Reservation in Kansas Territory . |
| 8 | In 1991 it assumed responsibility for its own catering , with total revenue increasing by 60 per cent partly as a result . |
| 9 | This training officer assumed responsibility for the sackings . |
| 10 | ‘ Over a year ago I happily , innocently , assumed responsibility for producing a new Picture Puffin spinner . |
| 11 | Similarly , with the state lacking means of its own to regulate the conduct of business by its subjects overseas it was convenient to delegate this function to the great trading companies , which also assumed responsibility for general colonial administration . |
| 12 | After J. S. Bach 's death in 1750 , Johann Christian moved to Berlin where his half-brother Carl Philipp Emanuel assumed responsibility for his welfare and education . |
| 13 | His eldest brother was the distinguished mathematician and geologist John Playfair [ q.v. ] , and after their father 's death in 1772 he assumed responsibility for the upbringing of the family and , it appears , for launching James on his career . |
| 14 | Mr Cushley 's departure leaves just one officer retaining the SACC rank in the force compared to three when Sir Hugh assumed responsibility for the RUC four years ago . |
| 15 | A commission headed by President Ramsewak Shankar then assumed responsibility for direct negotiations and had talks with Brunswijk and the Tucayana on March 2-3 . |
| 16 | The reshuffle was also felt to confirm widespread speculation that Maynard , the Deputy Prime Minister , who assumed responsibility for Foreign Affairs in the reshuffle , was likely to become the successor to the acting Governor-General , Sir Hanry Taylor , who was in poor health . |
| 17 | Following unification , the Bundeswehr ( federal German armed forces ) assumed responsibility for the troops , equipment , supplies and sites of the National People 's Army ( NVA — the East German armed forces ) [ see p. 37761 ] . |
| 18 | On March 2 the Bank of Spain assumed responsibility for Banco Ibercorp , the merchant bank of Ibercorp , which was in deep financial difficulties and had failed to find a buyer . |
| 19 | Stefanos Manos remained at the National Economy Ministry , but now assumed responsibility for Finance also , in a move to facilitate the process of economic reform . |
| 20 | Whitehall set to work on the implications of the Charter for postwar economic policy , but senior Ministers had no time to spare and the series of politicians who assumed responsibility for post-war planning had little weight in Cabinet . |
| 21 | In 1992 he also assumed responsibility for Wimpey Group Services Accounts . |
| 22 | At the time of writing it is possible that the organisation Food From Britain will assume responsibility for marketing and controlling organic foods , which may result in a new logo to certify organic foods . |
| 23 | In 1963 he called together a representative meeting to discuss plans to move forward from the Curriculum Steering Group and create a new and ( of course ) co-operative body which would assume responsibility for the national examination system , for giving advice on the school curriculum , and for relating the two . |
| 24 | Determine the grades to be applied for revised posts that would assume responsibility for all financial and cost-control matters , for personnel , and for enhanced administrative support . |
| 25 | If they fail will they assume responsibility for the failure or blame someone else ? |
| 26 | This arrangement can be mathematical once the play is under way ; a conductor or driver may soon assume responsibility for matching passengers to seats and the children will encounter problems of too many , not enough , empty , etc . |
| 27 | He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections . |
| 28 | But many now argue that they need to deal seriously with differences between women and the power relations that produce them , and , as Hooks says , to ‘ assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women ’ ( 1982 : 157 ) . |
| 29 | Earlier in the conversation MacArthur discounted suggestions that Walt Butterworth would assume responsibility for dealing with a treaty . |
| 30 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |