Example sentences of "his responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The less that was known about the political officer 's activities , the less was understood about his responsibility for events . |
| 2 | On the other hand he was indecisive , tended to rely on advisers with stronger characters and erratic judgement , and could be disastrously obstinate in his insistence on his responsibility for his actions to God alone . |
| 3 | This was his responsibility for protecting the rights , lands , and privileges of the church of Canterbury . |
| 4 | The need for reality is satisfied in that Septimus Quinn , for all his impetuosity , does not look upon war as fun , nor does he abdicate his responsibility for the men whom , from time to time , he is called upon to lead . |
| 5 | Several nearby Frenchmen started belatedly to the rescue , but the guilty knowledge of his responsibility for the impending disaster had lent Joseph 's legs extra speed . |
| 6 | In 1284 his responsibility for the operations launched a year earlier was put on a permanent footing with the grant of 3s. 0d. a day for life and a future widow 's pension of 1s. 6d. a day for his wife Ambrosia should she survive him . |
| 7 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 8 | In his opening address to the Supreme Soviet , Gorbachev admitted his responsibility for the coup in having appointed conservatives to head the organizations which controlled troops , and for " liberalism and indulgence " , despite warnings of conservatives ' discontent . |
| 9 | On Jan. 2 the body of 17-year-old Andrés Arturo Gutiérrez Maya , who had confessed his responsibility for the March 1990 murder of Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa , the presidential candidate of the left-wing Patriotic Union party ( UP ) [ see p. 37312 ] , was found , along with that of his father , in an abandoned car in Medellín . |
| 10 | The Council accepted the report , amending one sentence to-read : ‘ For reasons which are apparent from the rest of this report the Visiting Party could not feel assured that the Director was fully and properly exercising his responsibility for the ‘ internal organisation and management and discipline of the Polytechnic ’ , in accordance with the Articles of Government' . |
| 11 | Shaun Gooch was also accused of lying about the role of the second driver on trial , Anthony Gallagher , to wriggle out of his responsibility for the crash . |
| 12 | He warned his Cabinet colleagues that , with his responsibilities for efficiency in Whitehall , he would be ‘ harrying them ’ . |
| 13 | The next day Mr Yeltsin stripped Mr Rutskoi of his responsibilities for fighting corruption . |
| 14 | Because of his responsibilities for taxation as well as the banking system and building societies , the Chancellor had a special interest in the subject of financial fraud . |
| 15 | In addition to his responsibilities for roads and bridges , the commissioners employed him to plan and erect forty new churches , mostly in outlying districts and on the islands of the Hebrides . |
| 16 | Although Meyer remained Minister of Communications , his responsibilities for Defence were given to a Gene Louw , hitherto Home Affairs Minister , who was also named as Minister of Public Works . |
| 17 | , who was previously poultry and extruded product business manager , will relinquish his responsibilities for fish feed but maintain his position as SW Region poultry business manager . |
| 18 | At first she was furious that he could be so careless of his responsibilities for half of the mortgage . |
| 19 | But once I think we were , we were going in a mad rush er , each saw his responsibilities for that word , and that 'll do , and then we 'd say yes , and stuck it here . |