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

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1 Dahl retained responsibility for the environment while the energy portfolio went to Rune Molin , vice-president of the Trade Union Confederation ( LO ) , who also took over the industry portfolio from Ivar Nordberg .
2 Members of the left-wing organization Dev Sol claimed responsibility for the killing in Ankara on Jan. 30 of Gen. ( retd ) Hulusi Sayin , commander from 1987 to 1989 of security forces fighting Kurdish guerrillas in the south-east .
3 Members of the left-wing extremist group , Dev Sol claimed responsibility for the killing of a US civilian , Bobby Eugene Mozelle , at the Incirlik air base near Adana on Feb. 7 .
4 The left-wing extremist group Dev Sol claimed responsibility for the killing on March 22 in Istanbul of a US businessman .
5 The ELN claimed responsibility for the murder on Nov. 24 of Juan Barragán Ruiz , a Conservative Party ( PCC ) congressional deputy who was shot dead in the north-western city of Bucaramanga .
6 Lt.-Col. Charles Emile Mbayo was replaced as Minister of Transport , Communications and Tourism by Frank Kargbo , Lt. Julius Maada Bio relinquished responsibility for the Ministry of Information , Broadcasting and Culture to Oreh Awoonor-Renner , and Lt. Samuel Komba Kambo at the Ministry of Labour , Energy and Power was replaced by Alex R. E. Browne .
7 Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union .
8 According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] .
9 In turn , the members of the HCIMA accept responsibility for the health and well-being of others as well as their obligations to their employers .
10 Kanemaru accepted responsibility for the payment and resigned as vice-president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) .
11 The ANC denied responsibility for the attack , and there was renewed suspicion about a " third force " deliberately inciting enmity among the black population .
12 That same day , another Minister visited Mr Ingham to disown responsibility for the story — the Minister feared Mr Ingham would want him re-shuffled out of the Cabinet because of the attack on Mr Baker .
13 As chairman of Airbus in the UK , Mr McKinlay has responsibility for the company 's Broughton factory .
14 Rachel was kinder and gentler towards her than she had ever been before ; but she also required Phoebe to take responsibility for the baby , to be a good mother , to take heed for the morrow .
15 In a move meeting with approval from the financial markets Pierre Bérégovoy retained responsibility for the economy , finance and budget ; reflecting Cresson 's commitment to industrial regeneration , his responsibilities were expanded [ see attachments of Ministers-Delegate ] .
16 In a counterattack the FARC claimed responsibility for the bombing of a bus in Medellín on Dec. 12 in which seven police officers were killed ; for five widely separated attacks on Dec. 13 during which an Army helicopter was badly damaged and an unspecified number of soldiers killed ; for the dynamiting of a police post in Medellín on Dec. 15 ; and the blowing up of an aircraft at the Villa Garzon airport , 482 km south of Bogotá in the south-western region of Putumayo , on Dec. 16 ( all 19 passengers having been evacuated beforehand ) .
17 Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack , which took place on the eve of the opening of the Middle East peace conference in Madrid [ see p. 38513 ] .
18 Flooring material for one customer may come from different production and store areas and Mal has responsibility for the collation of all orders leaving the Coventry plant .
19 The UFF claimed responsibility for the murder of the 40-year-old , the fifth Catholic to die at the hands of loyalist terrorists within a week .
20 After Andy Payton 's failure against Plymouth Argyle ten days ago , stand-in skipper Phillips took responsibility for the spot kick and calmly sent Paul Reece the wrong way for his third goal of the season .
21 The next day Islamic Jihad released a statement in Beirut claiming responsibility for the attack .
22 The FID relinquished responsibility for the scheme in 1990 , and copyright is in the hands of the BSO Panel .
23 The FSLN denied responsibility for the murder which was followed by an assassination attempt on Chamorro , allegedly by right-wing elements .
24 The IRA admitted responsibility for the attack .
25 The IRA claimed responsibility for the station attacks , blaming the Victoria casualties on " the cynical decision … not to evacuate railway stations " after a caller had warned 45 minutes earlier that bombs were to go off at all mainline stations .
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