ultimate responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofultimateandresponsibility

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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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 ofultimateandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In both countries, however,ultimateresponsibilityfor enforcement was left to the courts.
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The minister would haveultimateresponsibilityfor success or failure in his particular area.
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In practice, authority to enclose andultimateresponsibilityfor the recluse's welfare seems to have lain with the owner(s) of the church.
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The physician, over whose signature any order was to be implemented and who boreultimateresponsibility, raised disconcerting questions.
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Theultimateresponsibility, however, lay with the department of defence.
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As defined benefit plans have been supplemented and in some cases supplanted by defined contribution plans, many companies have shed theultimateresponsibilityfor achieving retirement security for their employees.
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In the coherent curriculum, all stakeholders are aware of decisions being made, and contribute to each stage in some way, but specialists haveultimateresponsibilityfor making decisions.
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He has not stopped to realise that he, and he alone has theultimateresponsibility.
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It is we who have to take theultimateresponsibilityfor this.
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I think that the time has come when serious decisions must be made, and upon you will rest theultimateresponsibility.
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I know very well that theultimateresponsibilityis upon their shoulders.
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I know that they accept—as we do—that certain endeavours can be underpinned only by those who bear theultimateresponsibilityin our nation.
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My third specific question is as to whereultimateresponsibilityshould lie for the production of local programmes.
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There may be other circumstances in which theultimateresponsibilityfor a validity of a prescription will not be relevant to a certain general practitioner.
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It must be remembered that theultimateresponsibilitythroughout all that time is ours.
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There is a strong case for separating theultimateresponsibilityfor bank regulation from the conduct of monetary policy.
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Obviously, he has some responsibility for it,ultimateresponsibilityperhaps.
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But at the same time, the owner cannot avoid hisultimateresponsibility.
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