Sentence examples for onus of a from inspiring English sources

Failure to act swiftly would put the onus of a recession on an uncomprehending, phlegmatic Congress.

In a statement, the House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, sought to put the onus of a debt limit increase on the White House.

The recovered material retains the microstructural distribution of in situ spinel formation without the corresponding disruptive expansion, mirroring the use of pre-formed spinel without the onus of a pre-firing.

Above all, companies want to see the onus of a country's development on the country not on companies.

Caveat emptor policies in which the buyer takes on the entire onus of a bad transaction ignore the possibility that, if enough consumers make enough bad decisions, our economy will spin out of control.

She actually asked me how I wanted to move forward, putting the onus of a solution back on me.

The onus of an offense that has been all but ridiculed this week will rest largely on his shoulders.

The onus of having a good app and a great experience — and good content — that's on us".

The onus of mounting a defence, though, would be on the Independent.

Next, even though treaties have to be ratified by all members to take effect, they put the onus of finding a solution on the country that has said no. Last, they start to hint that the voters in question should think again, and threaten that a second rejection may force the recalcitrant country to leave the EU.

The concussion protocol gives the NHL a way to deflect responsibility and place it on the player, knowing full well players have myriad incentives not to report – not to mention the obvious problem with putting the onus of reporting a potential brain injury on the person whose brain may be malfunctioning.