Example sentences of "take [adv] [adj] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) . |
| 2 | We lack systematic knowledge of the circumstances under which grandchildren might take on significant responsibility for the support ( either personal or financial ) for their grandparents in contemporary Britain . |
| 3 | From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared . |
| 4 | The Governor of Goa , Khurshid Alam Khan , took on additional responsibility for Karnataka in January 1991 following the resignation of Bhanu Pratap Singh [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 5 | The Information Minister , Michel Samaha , took on additional responsibility for Tourism ; Justice Minister Nasri al-Maalouf took on Foreign and Expatriate Affairs ; and Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Michel al-Murr took on Telecommunications and Posts . |
| 6 | Shamir took on temporary responsibility for all the vacant portfolios . |
| 7 | She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session . |
| 8 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 9 | KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme . |
| 10 | Vieira relinquished the Interior portfolio to Abubacar Balde and appointed Pedro Godinho Gomes as Minister of Civil Service and Labour to replace Mário Cabral , who took over ministerial responsibility for Rural Development and Agriculture . |
| 11 | At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side . |
| 12 | While Sir John tended to favour a consensus style of management , Sir Denys has been more authoritarian , taking more direct responsibility for decisions . |
| 13 | After a long argument , an offer from the Movement to take over financial responsibility for the girl 's education persuaded Mrs Gross to change her mind , Jean stayed on at her grammar school . |
| 14 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke is expected to take over leading responsibility for regulation of the press . |
| 15 | As the engineers within the BEA began to take over direct responsibility for the power station sites during 1948 , the prospect of strengthening the organisation improved . |