principal responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofprincipalandresponsibility

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As artists who write about their work, theirprincipalresponsibilityin this article is to provide a coherent account of their own practice.
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Instead,principalresponsibilitywas given to state governments, with the federal government functioning in an advisory capacity.
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In fact, teachers of introductory courses in linguistics realize that theirprincipalresponsibility is to correct the many and common misperceptions about language that prevail their culture.
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National social welfare maximization through resource use and/or protection is theprincipalresponsibility of the national government in the management of natural areas.
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Theprincipalresponsibilitylies with the training and enterprise councils themselves.
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It is to that authority that theprincipalresponsibilityfor commissioning and designing health care provision in the city falls.
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He carries theprincipalresponsibilityfor these closure decisions.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityfor ensuring that systems are millennium compliant rests with individual departments.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityfor training craftsmen rests with the industry itself.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityof the chairman is to chair the twice yearly meetings of the 22 member interim committee.
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We would expect, however, that there would be a consultant physician with specialist knowledge of stroke formally recognised as havingprincipalresponsibilityfor stroke services.
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The board'sprincipalresponsibilityis to prevent and tackle reoffending.
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Our universities have theprincipalresponsibilityfor helping our working population adjust to the future.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityfor maintaining historic buildings rests with their owners, but support for private owners is available in the form of grants.
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However, theprincipalresponsibilityfor change must remain with industry.
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Our principal concern has to be the public purse, and ourprincipalresponsibilityhas to be to individual learners.
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We have ensured that it is theprincipalresponsibilityof the new health authorities.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityshould rest with self-regulatory organisations.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityrests with the governing body and the teachers at the school.
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Theprincipalresponsibilityfor ensuring that this is the case falls on the companies that are their members.
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