Sentence examples for lay responsibility for from inspiring English sources

To lay responsibility for the problems (or, for that matter, the positive aspects) of the present is not only unfair but also lazy.

Both lay responsibility for the Holocaust squarely on the Nazi regime while addressing such controversial issues as Dutch complicity and the acquiescence of Jewish councils.

I remember mum making it with brandy and vanilla when I was little, so I lay responsibility for the booziness at her feet.

They have also tried to lay responsibility for the collapse on Mr. Pawlenty, another Republican, because he vetoed a tax increase shortly before the collapse.

But, the moment that Obama was sworn in, the Republicans united to thwart his every effort to stimulate demand and create jobs, in order to lay responsibility for the recession at his door.

Mr Olmert's defence has been to lay responsibility for the handling of the money on his former law partner and confidant, Uri Messer, giving prosecutors the tricky task of proving otherwise.

Let's be very clear about where responsibility lies: responsibility for smashing property, or violence, lies with the people who perpetrate that violence and I want to see them arrested and punished in the correct way.

Businesses and brands cannot simply lay the responsibility for healthy levels of consumption at the door of consumers.

The administration can't continue to lay the responsibility for their inaction at the feet of a bunch of terrorized kids".

And I lay the responsibility for that squarely at the door of prime minister Blair who failed to impose transitional regime in the UK in 2004.

"I will not be able to stop my people," he said, "and I lay all responsibility for the expected consequences on the Witnesses".