Example sentences of "[conj] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 31 July 1988 , after eight months of unrest in the territories , King Husayn formally relinquished his claim to the West Bank , and initiated the administrative steps necessary to sever all those links which implied sovereignty or responsibility for the fate of the territory . |
| 2 | However , the issue of a central curriculum must be separated from that of more general control of the schools , or responsibility for them . |
| 3 | He therefore need not be cautioned if questions are put for other purposes , for example , to establish his identity , his ownership of , or responsibility for , any vehicle or the need to search him in the exercise of powers of stop and search . |
| 4 | It was unclear where responsibility for child-minders , registration of playgroups , etc. would rest in the new organisation , but it was possible that the new provisions in the Children Bill going through parliament would allow for those services to be provided through education departments . |
| 5 | The most important example in England is that of the urban dramatic festivals , of cycles of religious ‘ mystery ’ plays , where responsibility for production was distributed among the craft guilds . |
| 6 | Although responsibility for road maintenance lay with local parishes , they rarely carried out this duty with any degree of efficiency , let alone enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Although responsibility for the financial statements lies with the entity and its management , in order to mitigate engagement risk it will be necessary for MAS to be satisfied with the information presented in the financial statements of the entity being divested . |
| 8 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 9 | ‘ It is obvious that responsibility for 100 years of decline of UK plc must be laid at the door of the Establishment which purported to guide the affairs of the nation , ’ Peter Morgan told them in a speech which commanded wide attention . |
| 10 | They were a pragmatic , brave , distrustful people who learned that responsibility for their continued existence lay exclusively in their own hands , that their ultimate fate depended solely upon their own determination and resources . |
| 11 | The fact that responsibility for the juvenile labour exchange system was divided forced LEAs to choose between either administering their own scheme ( with Board of Education approval ) , or accepting the Board of Trade JAC . |
| 12 | In the last resort , self-awareness requires the personal acceptance that responsibility for doing something about feelings or circumstances is a personal one , which can not be effectively decided by other people . |
| 13 | For the process to proceed smoothly it is necessary to ensure that responsibility for overall policy decisions is assigned to an appropriate individual or group ( for instance the managing director or the board of directors ) . |
| 14 | The Authority had , however , conceded the central point that responsibility for technical efficiency and financial viability of individual schemes lay with the Area Boards . |
| 15 | Clearly the very notion that responsibility for child development is best shared among a range of people , with stimuli for education and play , attention for health matters and so on deliberately shared between parents and professionals , has immediate implications for the public response when families encounter difficulties in child care . |
| 16 | Floating exchange rates have the added advantage that responsibility for the burden of adjustment does not have to be assigned to particular countries : with floating , the exchange rate mechanism itself should lead to an appreciation of strong currencies and a depreciation of weak currencies . |
| 17 | Compliance by owners would not be induced by administrative device , such as the formula 2x + y , the practical need for which amounts — despite the majority Report 's disclaimer — to an admission of the validity of the criticism of the intention that responsibility for management should be shared by trade unions . |
| 18 | Eugenists like Scharlieb and Alice Ravenhill insisted that biology now conclusively proved that responsibility for safeguarding the nation 's morals lay with women . |
| 19 | The Commission takes the view that responsibility for the initiatives to be taken as regards the implementation of social rights lies with the Member States , their constituent parts , or the two sides of industry , as well as , within the limits of its powers , with the European Community . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The aim of this inquiry into the order relating to case no. 596 , in the charge of Miss P. Sulkins , home visitor in the employ of the Bamborough Area Council for Social Service until last year — the pink file , sir — and transferred from the list covered by the South Midlands ( Eastern Section ) Administrative Area — the papers in the yellow folder , sir — is to try and establish an order of events that stretch over no little period in time , so that responsibility for the unfortunate outcome of these actions , or as some have chosen to prejudge this enquiry , lack of action , may be apportioned justly between the various bodies responsible under the Act . |
| 21 | A wide range of new courses has emerged , due largely to the unitised nature of the new HNCs and HNDs , and to the fact that responsibility for aspects of quality assurance is devolved to centres . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman will be aware that responsibility for the detailed exercise of the valuation measurements is the responsibility of my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury . |
| 23 | The implication is that responsibility for running vocational courses will rest with colleges , who will themselves apply to the funding council for money to run such vocational courses . |
| 24 | He made clear that he agreed with the thrust of all the other recommendations , except the one which said that responsibility for food should remain within the Department of Agriculture . |
| 25 | Defining our role , such that responsibility for deciding whether to proceed with an acquisition rests with our client . |
| 26 | In response , the USSR Interior and Defence Ministries issued a joint statement on May 4 saying that responsibility for the latest violence lay solely with the Armenian leadership because of its support for paramilitary groups , and threatening to take " all necessary steps " to stop it . |
| 27 | As this is in fact used as the Parish Burial Ground and not restricted to members of St Peter 's church they feel that responsibility for its upkeep should not be left to a relatively small number of volunteers . |
| 28 | The first trap for young reporters is to assume that responsibility for a libel can be avoided if it is made in an attributed quotation . |
| 29 | Many EEB members , including CPRW , are worried that the existing framework of EC environmental policy could be weakened by arguments over ‘ subsidiarity ’ if responsibility for setting environmental standards is returned to the discretion of individual member states . |
| 30 | Specifically , it obliges the young person to wear the tefillin ( the symbolic ‘ boxes ’ of the law worn by the orthodox ) when engaged in weekday prayers ; to participate in the synagogue services by being ‘ called to the law ’ ( a particular privilege and responsibility for a Cohen ) ; to be counted as an adult in the community for the purpose of establishing a quorum by which no service ( or synagogue , indeed ) could be instituted . |