Example sentences of "to be responsible " in BNC.

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31 It is his duty to be responsible for the safe custody of all the council 's books of record , documents and title and the common seal .
32 Guideline 22 : Give your youngster the chance to be responsible by giving him/her responsibility .
33 Each culture has a unique interpretation of the concept of ‘ safety ’ and what is deemed to be responsible , ‘ safe ’ behaviour by individuals .
34 for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply .
35 Nevertheless , increased delegation will depend on government carving out more areas of activity for which authorities are seen to be responsible , and central intervention is improper .
36 Each DHA would continue to be responsible to provide and pay for comprehensive care for its own resident population , but not for other people without current compensation .
37 It assumes that you need to organize it for yourself rather than expecting other people to be responsible for your development .
38 At the same time schools continue to be responsible for the provision of high quality education for their students .
39 ‘ The British Library Research and Development Department should , as soon as possible , appoint an Information Officer for User Education , to be responsible for the collection and dissemination of information on activities in , and relevant to , user education ’ .
40 As parts of a whole Universe we could be said to be responsible for everything , for we are an active part of an active creation .
41 For the starling this is signal to calm down , while for the rat it is the start of its active period , but in both cases the same hormone seems to be responsible .
42 Learning to be responsible
43 Some parents fail to give their teenagers the opportunity or incentive to be responsible , yet complain that they still behave like children .
44 Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent .
45 For a staff of less than 100 there should be a named senior member of staff to be responsible inter-alia for training ,
46 For a staff ( all levels ) of less than 100 there should be a named senior member of staff to be responsible inter-alia for training .
47 Partly in an attempt to neutralise the Schonfeld lobby , the RC M made a direct appeal to all Jewish organisations to support religious education , an appeal which led to the setting up of an Emergency Committee , on which the full range of religious interests was represented , and the appointment of Rabbi Dr van der Zyl to be responsible for the religious education of Jewish children in London .
48 He happily helps the farmer but also has some sympathy with the cuddly pet view , if only to the extent that he would n't want to be responsible for wiping rabbits out — as if he could !
49 It is not uncommon for the same Commission officials concerned with proposing draft legislation to be responsible for the enforcement of that legislation against member states when it is passed .
50 No one seemed to be responsible for looking after it , and there was a considerable quantity of debris inside .
51 Edouard , if a man had to be responsible for every little by-blow , where would it end ?
52 Since it is a deliberate response to God 's truth , unbelief is definitely held to be responsible .
53 For example , the Variscan orogenic cycles started in the Paleozoic era were said to be responsible for the mountain chains of North America , Europe and Africa .
54 The greatest freedom is to be responsible .
55 Mythical beings are reputed in most cases to be responsible for the art that can not be attributed to their own people .
56 The penultimate chapter examines selected features of crime in general , especially the social characteristics of persons thought to be responsible for various offences .
57 Leases are long , perhaps 25 years , and tenants agree to be responsible for general insurance and repairs .
58 Who is going to be responsible for physically dividing the space so that the sub-tenant can operate as a separate entity ?
59 For the East London course , speakers were sent from Church House to be responsible for the study of Hinduism and Islam , but no one was available for Buddhism and Confucianism .
60 The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher .
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