Example sentences of "take responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 But I do say that we , the ordinary man , must either insist he takes responsibility for what he discovers , and does concern himself with the ethics of its methods and application , or accept the responsibility to ourselves , and make our own decisions about how science is used .
2 This person should whenever possible be the one who takes responsibility for counselling sessions .
3 When a brownie adopts a house he happily takes responsibility for many household tasks , which he performs at night .
4 Each runs one of the restaurants , and also takes responsibility for a major functional area .
5 Neither takes responsibility for what happens , and each blames the other for failure .
6 All the foregoing holds true if the state does not own the business in question but simply takes responsibility for its social return .
7 The work of the mobile teams is purely facilitation and although local health workers are kept informed of the team 's work , the village takes responsibility for the next step .
8 Finally , the DSS takes responsibility for meeting the financial needs of the mentally disordered , mainly through the National Insurance and income support schemes .
9 iii Caretaker or lost child : This child takes responsibility for the family and looks after it by gently blending into the background and keeping the peace .
10 A manufacturer takes responsibility for his product 's compliance and signs a declaration of conformity to say that the equipment meets an appropriate European ‘ harmonised ’ standard .
11 In order to support these three elements and to ensure that schemes are updated , it is important to have some organization which takes responsibility for revision and publication .
12 As it is , it 's the family who takes responsibility for denying the baby existence , though permitting its death rather than allowing its life .
13 It is essential , however , that the student takes responsibility for the final decisions on the selection of strategies and means of implementation .
14 It also argues that long-term environmental and economic sustainability may not be possible unless the government takes responsibility for detailed assessments of the flora and fauna of native forests , and for the effective monitoring of logging operations .
15 Thirdly , our policy analysis and research team , takes responsibility for looking further ahead , and doing a lot of the initial thinking about both the challenges and the opportunities that will affect the sector domestically and internationally over the next few years .
16 The county takes responsibility for education … social services … the county 's road network … the police … and the fire service .
17 PM takes responsibility for Chancellor 's actions
18 Mushrooms are usually collected daily and Wilgro takes responsibility for grading and marketing .
19 you probably think you put a lot into , yeah , it 's the remind as well I think like the constant remind of you were the one that takes responsibility for birthdays and for Christmas presents
20 No one would take responsibility for off-loading it , and Captain Pintar and his Yugoslav crew would not fly with it .
21 On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country .
22 Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either .
23 The power of a woman 's sexuality is very strong and the orthodox woman must take responsibility for that .
24 You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care .
25 Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly .
26 The argument is that you only have one life , that you are the most important person in the world and that if you do n't take responsibility for your own development , who else will ?
27 You may take responsibility for your own medication or ask the staff to manage it .
28 Even when our bodies give us very clear signals that something is wrong , we will hardly ever take responsibility for any problems that we may incur .
29 The Western World has the economic control over demand and should therefore take responsibility for endangered species .
30 Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either .
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