Example sentences of "[verb] to accept responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 As a result , while the Authority can justifiably take much of the credit for the transformation of certain aspects of primary education in Leeds which PNP began to yield , it may also need to accept responsibility for some of PNP 's manifest weaknesses .
2 ‘ This is a sad and tragic business , with one young lady dead and the other knowing she has to accept responsibility for that death , ’ he said .
3 Neither wants to accept responsibility for the repairs needed since the previous contractor went into liquidation .
4 If , when you have read the letter overleaf , you decide to accept responsibility for the first £50 of claims please fill in the boxes below .
5 Although individual managers might have to accept responsibility for decisions , there should be a consensus in decision-making , reached by agreement with the manager 's subordinates and colleagues .
6 The MPs said the bank had to accept responsibility for its failure as BCCI 's supervisor , which had been demonstrated so clearly in the report by Sir Thomas Bingham , a High Court judge .
7 I wish to accept responsibility for the first £50 of all claims under Section 1 — Buildings of the above policy ( other than claims arising from Subsidence , where special conditions apply , or Fire or Property Owners Liability ) .
8 You have to accept responsibility for the fruits of your actions , in the scientific field as elsewhere .
9 But while pleased , Mr Elton was scathing about Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley 's response to the Ombudsman 's report to which the Government refused to accept responsibility for the affair .
10 Then an attempted entry to a local authority hairdressing course went embarrassingly wrong ; it finished with Mrs Finni having to spell out her daughter 's handicap to students and a flustered teacher who eventually refused to accept responsibility for a girl who could never be left alone in the classroom .
11 May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success .
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