Sentence examples for Sidestep responsibility from inspiring English sources

In her opening statement, she said Jahar would not "sidestep responsibility" for the attacks, but that "it was Tamerlan Tsarnaev who self-radicalised; it was Jahar who followed him".

He rejected the defense's suggestions that Tamerlan was the mastermind as "an attempt to sidestep responsibility, not to accept responsibility".

Much of the job growth in the Inland Empire comes from warehouses operated by subcontractors for companies such as Wal-Mart, Macy's and Kohl's, on terms that may allow the big employers to dictate the workload but sidestep responsibility for working conditions.

"They have sidestepped responsibility to properly apologise for things, putting it on p53 in a tiny paragraph that only Sherlock Holmes could find".

The moves came in recent days in response to articles last week in The New York Times that reported how some major railroad companies had sidestepped responsibility in grade-crossing accidents.

NATIONAL REPORTING Walt Bogdanich The New York Times The judges honored Mr. Bogdanich for his series "Death on the Tracks," which revealed that some major railroad companies sidestepped responsibility for grade-crossing fatalities by destroying or losing evidence and failing to report hundreds of accidents, and also showed the ineffective oversight by government regulators.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EVEN THE SLIMIEST USED-CAR salesman sidestepping responsibility as completely as Microsoft does in licensing its Web browser.

The subject matter becomes irrelevant as the emotionally abusive partner sidesteps responsibility at all cost".

Johnson sidestepped responsibility as the nation's leader, using states' rights as a cover to allow forces of evil and racism to grow, intimidate and harm people of color in Southern states.

Yet, when their lying is to evade our clearly articulated rules, to sidestep taking responsibility for their actions or involves cheating, it is important to show how serious we believe this infraction to be.

"The government might have been able to subcontract the decision [to UK Financial Investments] but they can't sidestep the responsibility". Already doubful that government plans to hand shareholders new powers to tackle high pay would be effective, Barber said: "The government through their stakes in the banks had the possibility of sending the signal.