Example sentences of "responsibility for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inquiry recommended that the Secretary of State for Health clarify responsibility for after-care , that individual pre-discharge plans be specified and a register of designated patients be kept . |
| 2 | Ruth McCurry , who has been responsible for Mowbray 's development since its purchase by Cassell in 1988 , continues as publisher with responsibility for Geoffrey Chapman . |
| 3 | Seven years earlier Anselm had not seen the king 's responsibility for order in the Church as an expression of self-will fighting against Rectitudo . |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard Co is to transfer worldwide responsibility for development and manufacturing of high-end plotters to its plant in Sant Cugat del Valles , outside Barcelona in Spain from San Diego under a $15.2m programme that will create over 100 jobs : the company will also concentrate manufacture of inkjet printers for Europe in Barcelona from the second half of next year ; Hewlett 's plants in Vancouver and Singapore will supply Deskjets for the rest of the world . |
| 5 | Responsibility for development and inspection was taken over by the Social Work Service and the work of the training council has been absorbed into the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work . |
| 6 | By separating responsibility for funding services from their provision , the Government hopes that providers will compete for contracts from health authorities , GP budget holders and private buyers of care . |
| 7 | This relates to matters such as the extent of budgetary authority , the responsibility for funding deficits , the control of the collection and disbursement of funds , and whether revenues collected are determined by the oversight unit . |
| 8 | Both Griffiths and the Audit Commission were critical of this expenditure which , they argued , cut across the declared policy of promoting community care , and in 1991 , in accordance with the Griffiths proposals , responsibility for board and lodging allowances will pass from the DSS to local authorities . |
| 9 | The borders of the former Soviet Union were currently guarded by the Committee for the Protection of State Borders with Joint Command of Border Troops , which had taken over the KGB 's responsibility for border troops , as approved by the Soviet of the Republics at its meeting on Dec. 3 . |
| 10 | Mr Rutskoi has already had responsibility for agriculture taken away , along with his official Mercedes and doctor . |
| 11 | In the various comments made by Lord Arran , as Minister with responsibility for agriculture , there are signs of this dilemma . |
| 12 | Working-class children are expected to be independent , travel on the packed buses , take responsibility for siblings , do washing , help sell or ‘ higgle ’ in the market and work on the land . |
| 13 | Very few took the position of Ada Nield Chew , who saw clearly how the position of working wives was complicated by their reproductive function , and who believed that women 's sole responsibility for home and children represented the chief impediment to self-fulfilment . |
| 14 | He was Mr Geoffrey Pattie , and he was given special responsibility for space ; numerous bullish stories appeared in the press about the likelihood of increased British space expenditure . |
| 15 | Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses . |
| 16 | This included : the relationship of the material selected to the libraries ' objectives ; guidance on levels of provision in different sizes of library ; criteria for selection ; definition of community groups to be served ; policy on censorship ; comments on various types of material — e.g. paperbacks , audiovisual materials ; donations policy ; relationships with the book trade ; statements of responsibility for selection ; demographic information about the area . |
| 17 | Where a university administers a number of special subject or departmental collections physically separate from the main library , the tendency to have separate departmental funding and separate responsibility for selection is usually more pronounced . |
| 18 | This is a very wide range of services indeed , and the main responsibility for selection , at least in public libraries , seems to have shifted from library staff to library supplier staff . |
| 19 | The ultimate responsibility for reforms in medical education rests with the education committee of the GMC . |
| 20 | The Americans have long been eager for the Japanese to help Latin America 's economies , and mused that the Europeans might want to shoulder a degree of responsibility for Africa . |
| 21 | While Sir John tended to favour a consensus style of management , Sir Denys has been more authoritarian , taking more direct responsibility for decisions . |
| 22 | First , ASWs took responsibility for decisions diverting individuals from compulsory admission . |
| 23 | It is important however that the manager should set down the areas where responsibility for decisions is vested in the surveyor in order that any uncertainty regarding delegated authority is kept to an absolute minimum . |
| 24 | The officers should receive fuller delegated Powers and then accept responsibility for decisions taken under such powers . |
| 25 | As Premchaud ( 1983 , p.207 ) states : ‘ the responsibility for decisions on the totality of public expenditure was divided between central or local governments and nationalised industries ’ . |
| 26 | The Water ( Fluoridation ) Act 1985 placed the responsibility for decisions on water fluoridation with district health authorities , who are required to consult locally before making a formal request to the water undertaker . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | since there is no individual responsibility for decisions , this might invite compromise instead of clear-cut decisions , besides weakening individual responsibility throughout the organisation . |
| 29 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 30 | Ministers must accept our responsibility for decisions . |