Example sentences of "take responsibility for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | iii Caretaker or lost child : This child takes responsibility for the family and looks after it by gently blending into the background and keeping the peace . |
| 2 | He suggests I should take responsibility for the actions of abusing men — that I should feel the guilt they obviously do not . |
| 3 | LASMO believes that as operator it must take responsibility for the care and protection of the environment and it must ensure that every aspect of its work is carried out in a safe and effective way . |
| 4 | To ensure that the external assessors are independent of , and are clearly seen as being independent of , the directors of the companies they assess , an audit review panel should take responsibility for the appointment , and the termination of the appointment , of the external assessors . |
| 5 | It has been argued that it would make sense for whoever runs the train services to also take responsibility for the track . |
| 6 | So suppliers must take responsibility for the delivery of fully-tested components . |
| 7 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 8 | In so doing , they enable women to organise against their own victimisation and create the conditions in which men themselves may take responsibility for the reform of masculinity . |
| 9 | Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Mr Smith asked her to outline the Government 's plans for the community charge and whether she took responsibility for the effects of the tax : |
| 11 | A member of the council , he functioned as escort to the king 's daughter , Queen Margaret of Scotland [ q.v. ] , during 1252–3 , and in March 1254 took responsibility for the English and Welsh lands of the young Prince Edward . |
| 12 | Within the committee , each member took responsibility for the committee 's work in certain Major Project schools , and thus provided a link between the committee and those who were implementing the project on the ground . |
| 13 | At the same time they took responsibility for the home , ’ she says . |
| 14 | In the third case , one teacher took responsibility for the majority , while the other looked after a small group , or even an individual . |
| 15 | The teacher tutors took responsibility for the development of all the work of the classes concerned ( fourth and fifth year ) . |
| 16 | The colleges took responsibility for the delivery of the new courses while SCOTVEC was the guardian of national standards . |
| 17 | After Andy Payton 's failure against Plymouth Argyle ten days ago , stand-in skipper Phillips took responsibility for the spot kick and calmly sent Paul Reece the wrong way for his third goal of the season . |
| 18 | Gudbartsson , took responsibility for the last-named . |
| 19 | Abdesellam himself took responsibility for the Economy Ministry , as had Ghozali before him . |
| 20 | In another , a regional co-ordinator was in post , while a district mental health manager took responsibility for the training required . |
| 21 | He began to grow tobacco , raising some capital from Abraham Burrell , but Henry Somerscales was his main partner , for Somerscales had learned in Holland how to cultivate tobacco , and took responsibility for the sale of the matured crop . |
| 22 | If management is defined as " taking responsibility for the performance of a system " ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987a : 37 ) , then NHS managers were doomed to continuing frustration and disappointment . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ If we are taking responsibility for the stock and the write-off of obsolete and redundant stock , then the supplier is giving us improved discounts ; that 's essentially the deal , ’ Mr Barker answers . |
| 25 | Di Tella took a personal interest in the lives of his workers , giving gifts at weddings and on the birth of children and taking responsibility for the health and welfare of the workers and their families . |
| 26 | Fields privately resented the way in which Branson had taken responsibility for the purchase of the first Virgin aircraft ; while Branson , for his part , grew increasingly alarmed at the way in which his new partner appeared to be running the rest of the company . |
| 27 | First , ever since the war governments had willingly taken responsibility for the management of the national economy and by the late 1960s it was clear that this ‘ management ’ was becoming much less successful : inflation and unemployment were emerging as serious problems and the balance of payments position , upon which Wilson laid such stress , was increasingly precarious . |
| 28 | Deputy unit manager Phil Brown , who has taken responsibility for the computer system , says : ‘ We can do the stocktake in about half a day with the Psion Organiser . |
| 29 | Ms Stacey said : ‘ It is a national pastime and the islanders have to take responsibility for the slaughter . |
| 30 | Willing to take responsibility for the church to grow , and not wait for it to happen . |