Example sentences of "[verb] responsibility to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publication by an LEA of a scheme such as Solihull 's is implicitly intended to signal this newly emphasized responsibility to teachers , to persuade them to accept it and to provide them with an agreed agenda for the review . |
| 2 | But Dad had always given responsibility to Charles , shared his worries and fears with Charles … well , that was fine , as long as she was allowed her fair say as well . |
| 3 | The central difficulty is that of attributing responsibility to the ‘ centre ’ in such a ‘ devolved ’ organisation as the typical trade union , bearing in mind the likelihood that ‘ unofficial action ’ will be taken at individual plant level without prior consultation with the union 's central organs . |
| 4 | Voters narrowly rejected this scheme , which would have devolved responsibility to the communal level of authority , and cut down on the amount of incineration . |
| 5 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the client alone for the stated purposes that the report will be prepared with the skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the client himself . |
| 6 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the applicant and the society only for the stated purposes that the report will be prepared with the skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the applicant and the society . |
| 7 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the applicant(s) and the Leeds Permanent Building Society for the stated purposes and the report will be prepared with the skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor or incorporated valuer , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the applicant(s) and the Leeds Permanent Building Society . |
| 8 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the client and the society only for the stated purposes that the report will be prepared with skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the client and the society . |
| 9 | Mr. A. J. Beith ( On behalf of the House of Commons Commission ) : The Computer Officer , who has responsibility to both Houses for computer developments planned for Parliament as a whole , has a staff of two assistant computer officers , one of whom is on secondment to the House , and one full-time and one part-time secretary . |
| 10 | The Human Resources Director has responsibility to the Board of Directors for the implementation and continuity of all matters relating to environmental issues . |
| 11 | Each has responsibility to an individual BDC . |
| 12 | If you say , ‘ Well , of course , yes , I can easily explain that , but basically we 'll transfer the the , the handling of the enquiry to A Department , which of course has responsibility to B , but B ca n't do that without C , ’ you have to know in your own organization that that 's the way the procedure works , but it will mean nothing to the listener . |
| 13 | He has also to appreciate that as supervising officer his position within the building contract is unique in that he often has responsibilities to both his client and the contractor . |
| 14 | For example , a district county council has responsibilities to : its electors and ratepayers ( who may not necessarily be the same group ) ; the county council ; central government departments ( in particular the Department of the Environment ) and Parliament ; not to mention pressure groups such as the local Chamber of commerce and local action groups . |
| 15 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 16 | He talks of assigning responsibility to children , holding them responsible , requiring them to take responsibility and these are natural ways of speaking . |
| 17 | Initially , when a Charge Code is set up , it is the responsibility of the LIFESPAN Manager , but this option should be used to allocate responsibility to another user . |
| 18 | Soviet troops advanced into Korea to accept the surrender of Japanese forces ; Stalin kept his word and when American troops arrived on 8 September , they assumed responsibility to the 38th parallel . |
| 19 | Implicit in Pecham 's letter of 1281 which outlined his hierocratic principles was the paternalist view that the church 's task was to affirm and support the king to meet his divinely imposed responsibilities to the Christian commonweal , the realm . |
| 20 | As such , the central government will allocate responsibilities to local government in accordance with criteria that meet the political and administrative objectives of the centre at any particular time . |
| 21 | You can always defer to the " off-stage " higher authority ( which means you 're less likely to have a revolution on your hands ! ) ; you can seek assistance ; you can still play Devil 's Advocate ; you can co-ordinate ; bring information and , importantly , transfer responsibility to the children . |
| 22 | But families owe responsibilities to each other , and for humanitarian and religious reasons the duty of charity to others . |
| 23 | It is noticeable that managements are more willing to give responsibility to the project leader than they are to delegate commensurate authority . |
| 24 | Based largely on Michels 's study of trade union organizations , the model supposes that once any radical organization has grown to the size where it needs to delegate responsibility to professional organizers , and once it has been in existence long enough to produce a complex bureaucracy , then the original radical thrust is lost as the professionals redirect the organization to serve their own ends . |
| 25 | Like all successful businessmen , John was willing to delegate responsibility to a trusted circle of people while he developed new contacts . |
| 26 | Marital work was accepted by these parents in an effort to solve the problem , and progress was made once the father finally admitted that he had been told at work that he was too domineering and was unable to delegate responsibility to his juniors . |
| 27 | As to administrative matters , in most firms it would be appropriate to delegate responsibility to one of the partners ( or a committee ) for ensuring that every member of the firm complies with the rules . |
| 28 | The proposal to delegate responsibilities to local authorities was anathema to the Thatcher government in particular as it profoundly mistrusted local government and had progressively weakened its influence . |
| 29 | So I am used to that process of working as a team and to delegating responsibility to the team and then of course monitoring and checking the results of the team . |
| 30 | The Act gives power to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to delegate powers of regulation to the Securities and Investment Board , which in turn is responsible for delegating responsibility to a number of self-regulatory bodies governing practice in the securities market , insurance broking , fund management , provision of investment advice , and activities in futures and options . |