Example sentences of "[to-vb] responsibility for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Eventually he is sent to a liberal English school where his emergence into adulthood converges with an increasing political awareness and realization that it is up to the individual to rake responsibility for altering the world around him .
2 Stating the RIBA housing policy for 1992 , it called on the Government to accept responsibility for setting the national housing policy based on need , ability to pay and choice of tenure , drawing on the combined resources of the public and private sectors .
3 It had seemed to him a natural extension of his duties , and somehow consistent with Islamic notions of hospitality , to assume responsibility for seeing that Owen was properly supplied with coffee .
4 Few medical procedures carry no risk of any kind , and it seems to me that it would be impossible for one body to assume responsibility for measuring risks and assessing treatments throughout the whole of medical practice .
5 This facility will be used to record the progress of each problem and to assign responsibility for solving the problem .
6 In July 1964 the corporation , the NIHT and the rural district council came to an agreement to share responsibility for housing Springtown families over a period of time , but this did not end the problem .
7 Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks , particularly under supervision .
8 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 .
9 MINIS , at its simplest , represents ‘ an … attempt to collect information about a Department 's activities and to place responsibility for using this information with the Department 's top management , Ministerial and official ’ ( Richards , 1987 , p. 26 ) .
10 CPRW won support for its challenge to proposals to return responsibility for setting environmental standards to Member States .
11 But from 20 onwards , I would have to take responsibility for managing my own life . ’
12 In that case , it has to take responsibility for allocating all foreign exchange to the users by administrative methods .
13 The course is adapted for each group , and the group itself has to take responsibility for completing the assigned tasks .
14 The 1989 white paper on community care , Caring for People , took the implementation of these ideas further : ‘ Where an individual 's needs are complex or significant levels of resources are involved , the government sees considerable merit in nominating a ‘ case manager ’ to take responsibility for ensuring that the individual 's needs are regularly reviewed , resources are managed effectively and that each service user has a single point of contact . ’
15 The cross-curricular and cross-stage nature of health education make it necessary for someone within the school to take responsibility for co-ordinating the programme .
16 It is common for the music group , through its leader or one of its members , to take responsibility for leading a substantial part of the service .
17 Other teachers involved in the intake year were invited to take responsibility for preparing materials for some areas of the new curriculum .
18 By April 1994 , the ES intends to take responsibility for negotiating pay with the appropriate trade unions for everyone in the ES .
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