Example sentences of "[to-vb] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dr George Carey called on parents to accept responsibility for the way their children grow up and give them moral guidance . |
| 32 | The Ukrainian Supreme Soviet made amendments to reinforce the republic 's status as an independent state , including measures to strengthen border guarantees , to have its own armed forces and to bear responsibility for minorities within its borders . |
| 33 | The agreements usually obliged the " licensees " , as they were called in the agreements , to share occupation with other persons the landlord might from time to time nominate , each to bear responsibility for part of the rent . |
| 34 | That same day , another Minister visited Mr Ingham to disown responsibility for the story — the Minister feared Mr Ingham would want him re-shuffled out of the Cabinet because of the attack on Mr Baker . |
| 35 | Accordingly , where each adjoining tenant is an " owner " within the meaning of the Act there is no need for the landlord to allocate responsibility for party walls . |
| 36 | This would allow Mr Kravchuk to duck responsibility for the painful economic reforms Mr Kuchma wants to implement . |
| 37 | He accused the Conservatives of attempting to duck responsibility for the recession they had created . |
| 38 | He has been at the centre of California politics too long to escape responsibility for the state 's deeper sicknesses . |
| 39 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 40 | Mr Heath moved into Number Ten , Sir Keith Joseph succeeded Dick Crossman at the Department of Health and Social Security ( as Crossman had succeeded Joseph at Housing and Local Government in 1964 ) , and Mrs Thatcher became the third woman since 1944 to assume responsibility for education . |
| 41 | In consequence , the Joint Contract Tribunal ( JCT ) extended their terms of reference to assume responsibility for the production of standard forms of subcontract and at the same time enlarged their membership by inviting the two main subcontractors ' organisations to become constituent bodies . |
| 42 | Boise , Idaho-based Morris Knudsen Corp says it has received a contract from IBM Corp to assume responsibility for much of the distribution function at the distribution centre in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania ; IBM Mechanicsburg is the central distribution centre for all parts that IBM uses in maintenance . |
| 43 | Few medical procedures carry no risk of any kind , and it seems to me that it would be impossible for one body to assume responsibility for measuring risks and assessing treatments throughout the whole of medical practice . |
| 44 | A Vietnam national army would be rapidly created to assume responsibility for the internal situation and as this progressed French forces would withdraw to border areas or where unnecessary depart . |
| 45 | It also has to assume responsibility for those children who lack parents or are not receiving proper care . |
| 46 | The document began by declaring that ‘ while BEC and TEC must be closely involved with the new arrangements , it would not be appropriate for these Councils to assume responsibility for levels of agricultural education which are not their proper concern ’ . |
| 47 | We know that Russia would like to assume responsibility for the arsenal within its borders . |
| 48 | Following the report in early 1990 by accountants Coopers and Lybrand into the activities of offshore financial businesses in the UK 's Caribbean dependent territories , it was agreed in talks in May between UK government officials and the Chief Minister , Emile Gumbs , that Anguilla 's Constitution would be amended ( by Order in Council within the next few months ) to allow the Governor to assume responsibility for the offshore financial sector . |
| 49 | On April 21 Iran asked the UN to assume responsibility for relief centres in the north , adding that allied camps were no longer necessary or justified . |
| 50 | The involvement of the ministry led Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to accept a 10 per cent cut in his salary for three months in order to assume responsibility for the scandal . |
| 51 | Lini 's increasing insecurity was reflected in his decision in late 1990 to assume responsibility for several key Cabinet portfolios , and his dismissal of Finance Minister Molisa in early 1991 . |
| 52 | It had seemed to him a natural extension of his duties , and somehow consistent with Islamic notions of hospitality , to assume responsibility for seeing that Owen was properly supplied with coffee . |
| 53 | Also the purchaser is likely to assume responsibility for past liabilities through the assignment or novation of contracts ( see Chapter 4 ) , subject to an appropriate indemnity from the vendor . |
| 54 | ‘ By resigning today he is trying to avoid responsibility for the political crisis , ’ said Mr Jiri Dienstbier , Forum spokesman . |
| 55 | The payoffs for being a victim are simple : it allows us to avoid responsibility for our lives , to wallow in self-pity rather than taking care of ourselves , and to punish others . |
| 56 | The report , whose findings were presented by a US congressman , James Traficant , was described by many as a Pan Am smokescreen to avoid responsibility for poor security . |
| 57 | The tenant may wish to avoid responsibility for structural or inherent defects , ie the rectification of faults in the design or construction of a building which may otherwise be passed on to the tenant by virtue of the general effect of a tenant 's covenant to repair . |
| 58 | Each child is entitled : to be loved and to feel loved , to feel secure , to be well nourished , to be protected , to be recognised and respected , to be praised , to experience responsibility for oneself and for others , to have opportunities to explore and be imaginative , time to explore their own feelings , space to develop emotionally , physically , spiritually , intellectually and socially according to their individual talents . |
| 59 | For many young men , National Service gave what their universities did n't — access to foreign travel , the opportunity to meet people very different from themselves , and to exercise responsibility for real jobs at a young age . |
| 60 | In the meantime , however , the Library continues to exercise responsibility for the property that it occupies and controls . |