Sentence examples for handed over responsibility from inspiring English sources

He was said to be suffering from the great stress and heavy workload that goes with his job and had already handed over responsibility for holding daily briefings for journalists.

Perhaps they just like the idea of handing over responsibility for moral decisions to somebody else.

Britain has been eager to hand over responsibility for the force.

In handing over responsibility to the Iraqis, you preserved the gains of the last four years and made this day possible.

She had to hand over responsibility for her newborn baby to her niece because she couldn't cope.

France has said it also wants to hand over responsibility for the mission to Malian and other African soldiers.

At the very least, the Home Office should hand over responsibility for drugs policy to the Department for Health.

Would it really be such a risk to hand over responsibility and the (presumably ringfenced) funding to local government wholesale?

Before the surge, we attempted a premature transition, quickly handing over responsibility to newly created Iraqi military units.

In all of this she seems to want to hand over responsibility, to restrict her choices to her acting.

The United States and its NATO partners are planning to hand over responsibility for security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.