Sentence examples for bears considerable responsibility from inspiring English sources

Mr. Karzai bears considerable responsibility for all that has gone wrong.

Among Iraqis, thousands have had trouble reinventing themselves in this country, which bears considerable responsibility for their displacement with its long war.

The Supreme Court bears considerable responsibility for the obstacles being placed in the way of voting, and it could do much to remove them.

"The Government bears considerable responsibility for facilitating the national dialogue aimed at ending the state of political fragmentation and restoring national unity," Fayyad says, referring to Hamas and other Palestinians factions that still reject Israel's existence.

And in a lengthy Boston Globe piece last week addressing Obama's failure to achieve unity inside the Beltway, Matt Viser wrote that Obama "bears considerable responsibility" for the Beltway's fractured, dysfunctional status today (it's "his biggest failure") because "his leadership style" has "angered countless conservatives, who have coalesced into a fiercely uncompromising opposition".

When it comes to redress and reward, bank shareholders should be at the back of the line, behind taxpayers who stand behind too-big-to-fail banks and behind homeowners who are bearing the brunt of a housing debacle for which banks bear considerable responsibility.

And for that sadly limited perception, the Met broadcasts must bear considerable responsibility.

Those who run universities bear considerable responsibility for creating these inequities -- and not only in admissions.

It became apparent to us that he bore considerable responsibility for his own overthrow.

This was a more important post than it appeared, for its holder bore considerable responsibility for the conduct of foreign policy.

A parastate has a right to demand its patrons' support, since the patrons bear considerable responsibility for its nightmarish existence in Europe's twilight zone.