accepted responsibility

collocation in English

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accepted
adjective
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/əkˈsep.tɪd/us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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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 ofacceptedandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The letteracceptedresponsibility, 'but to what amount they must receive perhaps may be best to leave to your direction when you see their situation'.
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Professionals whoacceptedresponsibilitywere both more likely to make constructive changes in their practice and to experience more distress.
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Children engaged in responsible acts andacceptedresponsibilityfor living conditions.
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In such circumstances, faced with the inevitable terror of death, authentic individualsacceptedresponsibilityfor moral preferences and political commitments.
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Unusually in that debate, heacceptedresponsibilityfor the failures of our education system.
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It is about time that people who are responsible for the officers under their commandacceptedresponsibilityfor those officers' actions.
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We are dealing here with a generation whoacceptedresponsibilityfor their lives and those of their families.
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I answer, if a tender heacceptedresponsibilityfollows.
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The health authority hasacceptedresponsibilitybut refused an inquiry.
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We thenacceptedresponsibilityfor taking the action.
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From these benches we have made a case for the coal industry andacceptedresponsibility.
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The figures available are for homeless households for whom local authorities haveacceptedresponsibilityfor securing accommodation.
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Traditionally the unions haveacceptedresponsibilityfor their members during strikes.
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Would a private sector company immediately haveacceptedresponsibilityfor a crash involving one of its trains?
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It is about time that itacceptedresponsibilityfor its actions.
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British farmers are prepared to accept that, because they have alwaysacceptedresponsibility.
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Theyacceptedresponsibilityfor it and continued to fund it.
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They haveacceptedresponsibilityfor ensuring the security of the people of the region and have acknowledged the desperate need for humanitarian relief.
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