awesome responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofawesomeandresponsibility
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awesome
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.səm/us/ˈɑː.səm/
causing feelings of great admiration, respect, ...
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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 ofawesomeandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Lincoln understood keenly that with the extraordinary power that circumstances had placed in his hands cameawesomeresponsibility.
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The present generation has anawesomeresponsibilityfor the future of mankind.
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I think it is just a reminder that those who plan and produce what millions hear and see are carrying an immense andawesomeresponsibility.
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A child does not choose its parents, but bringing a life into the world is anawesomeresponsibility.
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That is why the prosecution of war is such anawesomeresponsibilityfor any government.
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They have had to face daily theawesomeresponsibilityof making split-second decisions on which their lives and the lives of others have depended.
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It would place on local authorities theawesomeresponsibilityof assessing the impact of some local phenomenon on the environment as a whole.
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Directors of social services carry anawesomeresponsibilitywhen delegating people to look after the very vulnerable.
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The decision to send our young men and women into action is a mostawesomeresponsibility.
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Furthermore, it is governments who have theawesomeresponsibilityof making decisions about the military action.
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This will be one exercise of thatawesomeresponsibility.
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An employer who takes on theawesomeresponsibilityof employing others should not take that responsibility lightly.
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I do not deny for an instant theawesomeresponsibilitythat would be placed on a jury by the new clause.
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This is anawesomeresponsibility.
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It is anawesomeresponsibilityto care for the welfare and well-being of our armed forces, but also to have the defence of our realm constantly on their minds.
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That is anawesomeresponsibility.
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We therefore have anawesomeresponsibility.
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Sentencing criminals, particularly for grave crimes, is anawesomeresponsibility, and we shall need to consider carefully the views of those in the courts who carry that responsibility.
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It is agreed that anawesomeresponsibilitylies with parents for the care and maintenance of their children, whether within the family or by parents who are separated or divorced.
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Whatever we may have done or been before, being elected to this place for the first time presents the most arduous challenge and the mostawesomeresponsibility.
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