Example sentences of "[vb infin] responsibility for " in BNC.

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1 It is reassuring to know that his duties will include responsibility for the BBC , for as George Walden argues on this page , it was he who rescued the Broadcasting Bill after the last Thatcher government made such a hash of television deregulation .
2 This will include responsibility for ensuring that schools and colleges meet the highest standards of academic performance , discipline and behaviour , and for providing special services for schools , such as peripatetic music , language development , or behaviour support .
3 This position is in the European and International Affairs Department in the ABPI , although the job will also include responsibility for UK registration affairs .
4 Wootton is understood to have felt unhappy with a proposed role that would include responsibility for existing HCK media accounts , with Colman 's in-house independent Media-Star handling any new business for the merged agency .
5 Manifestations of this would include responsibility for financing deficits , entitlements to surpluses and guarantees of , or ‘ moral responsibility ’ for debt .
6 At the time of writing it is possible that the organisation Food From Britain will assume responsibility for marketing and controlling organic foods , which may result in a new logo to certify organic foods .
7 In 1963 he called together a representative meeting to discuss plans to move forward from the Curriculum Steering Group and create a new and ( of course ) co-operative body which would assume responsibility for the national examination system , for giving advice on the school curriculum , and for relating the two .
8 Determine the grades to be applied for revised posts that would assume responsibility for all financial and cost-control matters , for personnel , and for enhanced administrative support .
9 If they fail will they assume responsibility for the failure or blame someone else ?
10 This arrangement can be mathematical once the play is under way ; a conductor or driver may soon assume responsibility for matching passengers to seats and the children will encounter problems of too many , not enough , empty , etc .
11 He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections .
12 But many now argue that they need to deal seriously with differences between women and the power relations that produce them , and , as Hooks says , to ‘ assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women ’ ( 1982 : 157 ) .
13 Earlier in the conversation MacArthur discounted suggestions that Walt Butterworth would assume responsibility for dealing with a treaty .
14 After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business .
15 In Jane Austen 's novels a community is defined by a village , rather than its great house , where it is proper that the parson should assume responsibility for the cure of souls .
16 Fortunately , not all men are like this , and the self-motivated , self-controlling individuals must assume responsibility for those that are .
17 4.3.4 The assumption made in this section of the Unit is that many teachers will be in a position to collaborate with specialists based in Language Units or in Ethnic Minority support groups , members of which will assume responsibility for teaching the initial stages of English as a Second Language .
18 If social workers become case managers , as is suggested in both the Griffiths report and the White Paper , then they will assume responsibility for interweaving services at fieldwork level .
19 According to a World Bank report published on Sept. 23 , the administration of the US$1,200 million Environment Fund set up under the auspices of the UN was expected to face severe problems stemming from disagreements centring on the degree to which national governments would assume responsibility for environmental projects such as pollution control .
20 Snegur decreed on June 10 that the National Security Ministry would assume responsibility for Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) border guards with immediate effect , thus anticipating the July 1 deadline after which CIS responsibility for external borders would devolve to states which had not signed the May CIS agreement on border troops [ see p. 38922 ] .
21 He suggested that the peacetime Ministry of Labour should assume responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of a full employment policy .
22 Ronnie , who has been with the company for six years , is now responsible for all production departments within the factory and will assume responsibility for the Warehouse and Pattern Room from 1st April 1991 .
23 Using only SPRED materials , the group leader will assume responsibility for this celebration within the small community of faith .
24 SEPA is intended to implement the requirements of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act and will assume responsibility for pollution of water , land and air — now the duties of river boards , local authorities and Her Majesty 's Industrial Pollution Inspectorate .
25 Yeah jointly insured for major contingencies and potential legal liabilities , the recent re review however has highlighted that we can only insure our own legal liabilities and that we can not insure or assume responsibility for your prudential legal liabilities
26 Unlike many terrorists , Iranian or Iranian-linked groups often do not claim responsibility for atrocities they commit .
27 At the same time , the decentralization of educational responsibilities to the homeland governments means that Pretoria and the DET can disclaim responsibility for problems in the homelands .
28 The extra name was written by hand on the scorecard , which cost 10 centimes but did n't disclaim responsibility for the last wicket to fall !
29 Heaven has not issued any press releases , unless the Pope ( who is against the Gulf war ) knows something we do n't , but if it does , God will certainly disclaim responsibility for the most irresponsible war of the century .
30 When secondhand goods are sold on the " as is " basis of Precedent 4 , the question arises as to the extent to which the seller can disclaim responsibility for their condition if they are to be used at work either by the buyer , or by someone to whom the buyer sells them .
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