dual responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdualandresponsibility
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dual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈdʒuː.əl/us/ˈduː.əl/
with two parts, or combining ...
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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 ofdualandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only one of these, havingdualresponsibilityfor health and social care, was significantly associated with reduced hospitalization.
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This is adualresponsibilitythat the media is simply not equipped to take on board.
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At present thedualresponsibilityof a family and a career put many under strain and society must provide support.
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There is some evidence that visiting patients at home and takingdualresponsibilityfor health and social care may be associated with a reduction in hospitalization.
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The chairman is in a position where he has adualresponsibility.
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One has adualresponsibilityhere, both for the aircraft industry and for the taxpayer.
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If you had not this hybrid kind ofdualresponsibilitythese arguments would not be logical, but they are logical now.
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It is clear that thedualresponsibilitybetween the region and district will cause considerable confusion.
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The view of my mining friends, and others, is that thisdualresponsibilitycannot make for efficiency.
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There are great evils indualresponsibilityand passing the baby from one hand to the other.
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Another key benefit is the removal ofdualresponsibilityfor waste regulation and waste disposal.
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Many of our rules affect imports and exports, and this brings with it adualresponsibility.
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It is thedualresponsibilityof being both the developer and the planning authority.
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I believe that thatdualresponsibility, involving as it does a wide range of training for very different conditions, imposes an almost impossible task.
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I can see no reason why there should be thisdualresponsibility.
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As such, he has adualresponsibilityto the people—not only to the farmers, but to those who buy their products.
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There is no need for the system ofdualresponsibilitythat is suggested.
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Besides that, of course, thisdualresponsibilityhas to be reconciled at all times with the responsibilities of a good landlord.
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Are they to be people who will have adualresponsibility?
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