Sentence examples for onus of deciding from inspiring English sources

She argued, rather, that devolving regulatory power to outsiders gave researchers more time to pursue their work, and that 'many scientists want the onus of deciding what is and what is not morally acceptable to be partially lifted from their shoulders' (1985b, p. 514).

D. R. Hodge has argued that "acceptance of the narrower view would not only impose upon a person seeking to establish a secret trust the heavy onus of showing at what point of time the secret trustee decided to resile from his promise, but would also make the validity of the secret trust dependent upon what is in fact an irrelevant consideration".

Guided more by anger than by logic, I decided that if Tapka was closer to Jana then the onus of responsibility would be on her.

Remember you bear the onus of professionalism.

The onus of defeat fell upon the stadtholder.

"That's not a reversal of the onus of proof".

For sure, the manager carries heavily the onus of being Arsenal's key figure.

It's time to declare victory and liberate G.M. from the onus of continuing government ownership.

The onus of avoidance clearly seems to be with the pedestrians.

with the onus of responsibility for safety entirely on the driver.

The treaty was defeated in the Senate, and the onus of rejection fell on the Wilsonians.