Example sentences of "responsibility for [noun] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Fundamental to the whole process was the transference to colleges of the maximum responsibility for course development and assessment , while maintaining the important framework of national comparability .
2 Director of trade marketing for Wedgwood U.K. , Nicholas Frankish , assumes responsibility for customer service and trade marketing for Johnson Brothers .
3 The new Railtrack authority has responsibility for rail infrastructure but how it interlinks with Eurorail and the private sector is as yet unclear .
4 After this , the school itself took complete responsibility for sex education and , as was mooted in public debate in the late 1980s , they operated a system of ‘ opting in ’ rather than ‘ opting out ’ by which parents were asked whether they wished their children to participate .
5 Such piecemeal , not to mention conflicting , management of the marshes was no way to organize and control the ever-threatening flood-waters ; and from the mid-thirteenth century , the responsibility for land drainage and reclamation from the sea began to devolve upon successive ‘ commissions of sewers ’ , which were answerable to central government .
6 In the same year it established a statutory authority with responsibility for road safety and traffic management , with board representation from three state agencies ( police , roads , planning ) , local government , and four non-governmental organisations ( autoclubs , College of Surgeons , automotive industries , and trade unions ) .
7 Export director , , has becomes sales director with overall responsibility for UK brewing and export sales .
8 This is a designated training post for doctors starting out in their medical careers , during which they should acquire greater responsibility for patient care and competence in a wide range of general skills .
9 Couples share responsibility for family planning and may become more aware of how their bodies work .
10 They will take on responsibility for countryside management and access in the whole of the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) between Harting in the west and Eastbourne in the east , and will be consulted on significant planning applications in the area .
11 Someone in the occupational health department or specific tutors should be given responsibility for student welfare and be trained as counsellors .
12 That 's to say , as well as teaching and helping students learn , college teachers may also have some formal responsibility for student behaviour and discipline .
13 In the new system the health ministry has sole federal responsibility for health care but will be less involved in the delivery of health care .
14 Together with other Library staff , responsibility for reader assistance and help with enquiries .
15 Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals .
16 They succeed by a greater division of labour , with most volunteers carrying responsibility for generalist advice while referring complex work to a few specialists .
17 A Food Standards Agency to take responsibility for food hygiene and safety .
18 During the long period of growth , management had gradually stripped production workers of responsibility for product quality and process operations by creating an elaborate technical hierarchy .
19 Back in 1976 , Eddie was responsible for the group 's published accounts and three years later became company secretary , assuming responsibility for office administration and personnel during his time in that post .
20 This means that in addition to staff appointments governors are involved in the responsibility for staff dismissal and for the distribution of incentive allowances .
21 It has been loosely referred to as any mode of policing other than the rapid-response crime control type ; an alternative which specifically seeks to make constables part of the community by making them responsible for a geographical area , known as ‘ permanent ’ or ‘ home ’ beats ; a means of developing communication between the police and the local community ; and a process by which responsibility for crime control and prevention is shared with the community , both also known as ‘ community relations ’ ( Weatheritt 1983 : 4–5 ) .
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