Example sentences of "be [verb] responsibility for [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 At Potsdam Mountbatten had been given responsibility for accepting the Japanese surrender south of the 16th parallel .
2 The government 's Technical Commission had been given responsibility for providing the mechanism for an orderly poll for which 130,000,000 lei ( about US$6,500,000 ) was set aside .
3 Specifically , governors should be given responsibility for defining the broad aims of the school ; they in turn should invite the head and staff to devise means of pursuing them , and should themselves monitor the school 's progress towards them .
4 A specific senior nurse should be given responsibility for updating the establishment profile as a result of planned developments in service which affect staffing requirements anywhere within the Health Authority .
5 If the issuer is not incorporated in any of the member states where the securities are to be listed , the issuer must decide which of those member states is to have responsibility for approving the listing particulars ; it must then draw up the listing particulars in accordance with the laws of that member state .
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