Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also seems that the University of Oxford should break the tradition of centuries and take responsibility for what its members do to one another ’ , and I think that 's called ‘ policing ’ . |
| 2 | This move away from the traditional specialisation which was a feature of local government , has meant that generic workers need to develop financial skills and take responsibility for budgets . |
| 3 | Thus , where parts of a building are separated by a party floor , the draftsman should define the boundaries between each part and allocate responsibility for repairs . |
| 4 | In addition , most companies will produce an overhead budget and allocate responsibility for its monitoring and control . |
| 5 | Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks . |
| 6 | The irony is that the more people are encouraged to think about their behaviour and take responsibility for the impact it has on other people , the more they tend to become open and honest rather than furtive and clandestine . |
| 7 | The Department pledges its support to staff who work within the spirit of the Guidelines set out in this document , and will make it clear that as a Department we are not prepared to accept threats of intimidation and violence from that small number of clients who use such methods to manipulate their social environment or evade responsibility for their behaviour . |
| 8 | Assertive people respect themselves and other people and take responsibility for their actions and choices . |
| 9 | Those companies propose to reduce the hours of the already not well paid workers to below the level where those companies have to pay national insurance and take responsibility for pension payments , sick pay and holiday pay — all the things that we used quaintly to associate with civilisation . |
| 10 | But I imagine the authorities were grateful to anybody who was prepared to take a couple of refugees off their hands and assume responsibility for them . |
| 11 | Moreover , even full citizenship is being devalued as the earnings-related supplements to short-term benefits disappeared in January 1982 , and the present administration is attempting , in the face of considerable opposition , to dismantle the sickness benefit scheme and pass responsibility for short periods of sickness on to employers . |