Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] responsibility for the " in BNC.

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1 The left-wing Dev Sol group claimed responsibility for the shooting of a policeman in Istanbul on April 5 , for the shooting of Gen. Memduh Unluturk at his Istanbul home on April 9 , and for nine bombs which damaged banks and business premises , but caused no injuries , in Istanbul and Adana on April 29-30 .
2 In a statement released on Jan. 22 the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla movement claimed responsibility for the attack , which allegedly used surface-to-air missiles .
3 In addition to functions directly connected with the process of bringing alleged offenders to justice and supervising their subsequent punishment or treatment , the Home Secretary has responsibility for the operation of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and other provisions for the victims of crime , and for stimulating crime prevention measures .
4 The Yugoslav Federal Defence Secretariat admitted responsibility for the " undesired and tragic accident " , and the immediate suspension of Yugoslav air force commander Col. Zvonko Jurjevic suggested that the Yugoslav government was hoping to prevent the incident from impeding the deployment of UN troops .
5 The importance of the Federation to the District was considerably increased when the Cambridge Board assumed responsibility for the Bedfordshire Rural Scheme and appointed Shearman as its resident tutor in 1930 .
6 The Irish Republican Army admitted responsibility for the killing of two Australian tourists in the Netherlands .
7 The Employment Department has responsibility for the dissemination of information on the comparability exercise in the United Kingdom .
8 The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 .
9 In another , a regional co-ordinator was in post , while a district mental health manager took responsibility for the training required .
10 She appeared at a police press conference in Derby with the sergeant 's mother , Mrs Joyce Newman , 58 , after the Irish National Liberation Army admitted responsibility for the murder .
11 This training officer assumed responsibility for the sackings .
12 support a continued moratorium on hunting the great whales , and push for a similar body to the International Whaling Commission to take responsibility for the 66 small cetaceans currently unprotected
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