Example sentences of "[pos pn] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then I felt my fear and unhappiness disappear , as I knew that I was no longer alone in my responsibility for Sir Henry . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses . |
| 9 | As well as working in the parish , Mrs Sumner was very conscious of her responsibility for training her children and creating a Christian home . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The most deleterious situations were those where general managers abdicated their responsibility for setting strategic direction to staff planners … . |
| 13 | Here the governors ' role is crucial because of their responsibility for the overall conduct and ethos of the school . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Despite their responsibility for investigating lesser frauds , computer expertise is thin on the ground . |
| 17 | ‘ I am pleased and thankful that the medical practice have sought to accept their responsibility for the oversight as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | However , a consequence of this autonomy is their responsibility for seeing that housework gets done . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Councillors are not going to give up their responsibility for how money is spent , ’ says Roycroft . |
| 25 | Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is about time that the Government accepted their responsibility for all sorts of things — for example , the rising unemployment levels , the rundown of the health service , the lack of measures to reduce homelessness and the failure of their economic policy to generate growth and investment to end the recession so that we can build a better Britain . |
| 29 | What matters is that the authorities exercise their responsibility for checking and double checking what happens on the ground . |
| 30 | On the same day a ceremony was held in Berlin at which the three Western generals at the Allied Kommandatura ( the Soviet union having withdrawn from the four-power control commission in 1948 ) relinquished their responsibility for the city , while the four powers held a joint ceremony at the Glienecke Bridge between East and West Berlin . |