Example sentences of "[pron] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEC directors have already persuaded the Home Office to hand them responsibility for smartening up the employment prospects of black and brown Britons . |
| 2 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 3 | A source of particular vulnerability for the agencies is that in its reorganization of the water industry the 1973 Water Act gives them responsibility for the management of the great majority of sewage treatment works , which in many areas are themselves significant — often principal — sources of pollution . |
| 4 | Indeed without any wish to evade my responsibility for subsequent events , I think I may fairly claim that in everything I did in re Karen and her husband I was market-led . |
| 5 | Then I felt my fear and unhappiness disappear , as I knew that I was no longer alone in my responsibility for Sir Henry . |
| 6 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman with the full authority of my office and my responsibility for the programme that if one cuts £6 billion from the defence budget no defence job in the country will be safe . |
| 7 | With my responsibility for small firms , the House will not be surprised that I for one would robustly defend the exemption level and the fact that it helps small firms in the industry . |
| 8 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | Should the plan be discovered and Alianor be seen as party to the clandestine meeting , she could well find herself in danger , accused of shelving her responsibility for the lady Anne 's protection and honour … |
| 10 | Denise Harriman , the senator 's aide , uttered a barely audible sigh which I translated as an expression of relief that her responsibility for the twins was ending . |
| 11 | Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses . |
| 12 | As well as working in the parish , Mrs Sumner was very conscious of her responsibility for training her children and creating a Christian home . |
| 13 | Mr Waldron has told the jury that McLean , who was a heavy drinker and took medication for angina , asthma and rheumatism , suffered from a mental abnormality which severely impaired her responsibility for her actions . |
| 14 | Their responsibility for improving relations between police and public makes them sensitive to the disastrous effect that wrongly exercised discretion can have on the public 's perception of the RUC . |
| 15 | The most deleterious situations were those where general managers abdicated their responsibility for setting strategic direction to staff planners … . |
| 16 | Here the governors ' role is crucial because of their responsibility for the overall conduct and ethos of the school . |
| 17 | It could underline their responsibility for health rather than supply and encourage them to view managed units as a rather than the supplier of services . |
| 18 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 19 | Despite their responsibility for investigating lesser frauds , computer expertise is thin on the ground . |
| 20 | ‘ I am pleased and thankful that the medical practice have sought to accept their responsibility for the oversight as soon as possible . ’ |
| 21 | It 's good to see that so many children are becoming literate in the ways of the countryside and gaining knowledge of their responsibility for the planet . |
| 22 | They will take very seriously their responsibility for the protection of crowned heads and deport all known anarchists , as well as people they consider suspect . |
| 23 | However , a consequence of this autonomy is their responsibility for seeing that housework gets done . |
| 24 | In doing so he emphasized that if leaders of society were to maintain the allegiance of the masses they must demonstrate their responsibility for them , sustaining the aristocratic tradition of obligation towards the poor . |
| 25 | In any case , many royal clerks would see no sharp distinction between royal and church business or between clerical taxation and clerical reform , both of which were relevant to the well-being of the church : for many clergy , as indeed for Winchelsey , the solvency of the crown was part of their responsibility for the Christian commonwealth . |
| 26 | Within the local authorities , health departments were increasingly concerned , especially through the work of the health visitors , who were often closely involved with families in difficulties , and also welfare departments through their responsibility for homeless families , and education authorities through the education welfare services . |
| 27 | ‘ Councillors are not going to give up their responsibility for how money is spent , ’ says Roycroft . |
| 28 | Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed . |
| 29 | Furthermore , as already noted , there will be extensive central control of local authorities who will be expected to surrender some of their responsibility for direct provision of services . |
| 30 | This is what is planned in the community care services , with local authorities losing some of their responsibility for provision but retaining responsibility for the allocation of resources . |