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

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1 The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum .
2 The Principal in charge of the section from which the investigating team leader is drawn then accepts responsibility for the entire investigation .
3 The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status .
4 In the case of Halifax Building Society the brochure states that the society accepts responsibility for its employed valuers .
5 They do not abase themselves in penitence but see themselves in a partnership which accepts responsibility for establishing peace and justice on this planet .
6 We therefore accept sailing and windsurfing bookings only on condition that each member of your party accepts responsibility for any of their own injuries suffered unless these arise from our proven negligence .
7 My right hon. Friend rightly accepts responsibility for what happens in the Home Office .
8 It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf .
9 The feeling at directorial level is that while the board accepts responsibility for the running of the club it is entitled to quiz Brady if a problem has been identified with regard to team matters .
10 In general terms the whole strategy is guided by a Steering Group which in turn devolves responsibility for Costs and Systems Improvements and for Education to Working Groups .
11 Sparc Technology 's brief also covers responsibility for third party distribution rights .
12 STB 's brief also covers responsibility for third party distribution rights .
13 The Association , which has responsibility for licensing players , and the League told Derby that Lee was ineligible .
14 • Asked about rumours of his apparently imminent move from his position as managing director of Lotus , Michael Kimberley suggested we ask GM Europe president Bob Eaton , who has responsibility for the sports car maker .
15 Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Wilkinson has responsibility for two military districts and looks after ‘ England north of the Wash ’ .
16 The Treasury has responsibility for the health of the economy ; the Social Services Department has responsibility for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country .
17 The Treasury has responsibility for the health of the economy ; the Social Services Department has responsibility for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country .
18 I have a real difficulty in locating who has responsibility for the dustbins . ’
19 Anyone who has responsibility for subordinates should , ideally , have a major say in creating the job descriptions of their employees .
20 It is also confusing to the inhabitants in that it is often difficult to ascertain which council has responsibility for the particular matter which concerns them .
21 The London office covers national charities and those in England south of the River Severn to the Wash , and the Liverpool office has responsibility for those north of that line .
22 So the governing body has responsibility for the ethos of the school , for deciding what kind of school it is to be .
23 The emphasis must be on total patient care , whereby the learner has responsibility for particular patients .
24 In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed .
25 Once again , there is considerable diversity to be found in the current pattern of who has responsibility for training and exactly what that responsibility entails in practice .
26 The counsellor has responsibility for starting up the discussion .
27 Even if he or she does not answer to this title directly , there is usually one member of staff who has responsibility for supporting and assisting qualified staff with their continued professional education .
28 UK chairman John Gardner now has responsibility for manufacturing , logistics , mainframe development and corporate services .
29 Administrative structures tend to mirror the problems which that organization encounters routinely ; each sub-organization has responsibility for different factors or problems .
30 Dr Michael Beier has responsibility for Germany , Austria and Switzerland — and any points that it can find east .
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