Example sentences of "[det] responsibility for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCP were informed in January , of this year , by the Director of Property Services , that responsibility for repairing the car park was NCP 's , not the council 's . ’ |
| 2 | Giles 's proposal to make them subservient to government agents was rejected , but they were given some responsibility for supervising the work of both the regular police and the headmen , who were now designated the ‘ rural police ’ . |
| 3 | It was customary in those days for the ablest students to be given some responsibility for teaching the younger pupils . |
| 4 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
| 5 | Of course taking some responsibility for providing personal care does not always demand quite this level of commitment , but examples of this kind are valuable in specifying just what responsibility towards one 's parents can mean . |
| 6 | The benefits for the local inspector are that by their greater number ( compared with HMIs — see Pearce , 1982 ) they can become more familiar with the schools , and by virtue of their advisory role they will have some responsibility for following up any findings of an inspection — whether it be formal or informal . |
| 7 | ‘ In our CIT everyone has some responsibility for solving problems . ’ |
| 8 | He adds these words , which I ask my right hon. Friend to pass on to our right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer : ’ However , there is a recognition that some responsibility for securing fair competition lies with the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 9 | Not because I directly res have some responsibility for representing our membership within the Health Service , but because as I said earlier this is my Health Service , this is your Health Service , it 's our families ' Health Service that we have enjoyed the benefits since nineteen forty eight . |
| 10 | In a data-base environment , the entire management of the links will be automatically handled by the system to relieve the user of all responsibility for maintaining referential integrity . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the design professional can no longer rely on avoiding all responsibility for planning interpretation and advice , and indeed he would be commercially naive in being content to do so . |
| 12 | The Home Secretary has announced changes to place more responsibility for policing from headquarters to local stations , though there has been no announcement about the possible amalgamation of forces . |
| 13 | Only 22 , however , thought that British companies should take more responsibility for providing them with condoms . |
| 14 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 15 | It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places . |
| 16 | Fifty five thought that British companies should take more responsibility for raising their employees ' awareness of being infected with HIV through heterosexual contact abroad . |
| 17 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |
| 18 | There is no doubt she will grow into a songwriter of some depth and power ; whether she acknowledges any responsibility for breaking new ground for women in rock is another matter . |
| 19 | However , I am also writing to Wyre Borough Council in case they have any responsibility for maintaining these lights . |
| 20 | However , I am also writing to Wyre Borough Council in case they have any responsibility for maintaining these lights . |
| 21 | ‘ It appears to me clear ’ , he said , ‘ that neither the LTE in making its proposals , nor the GLC in accepting them , could have power totally to disregard any responsibility for ensuring , so far as practicable , that outgoings are met by revenue , and that the LTE runs its business on economic lines . ’ |
| 22 | Was he right then when he told the people of Scotland , ’ Do n't vote for the proposals of the Labour party because they do not contain any responsibility for raising revenue . |