Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] responsibility for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fields privately resented the way in which Branson had taken responsibility for the purchase of the first Virgin aircraft ; while Branson , for his part , grew increasingly alarmed at the way in which his new partner appeared to be running the rest of the company . |
| 2 | Indeed , I understand that the Ping Tiao have claimed responsibility for the act . ’ |
| 3 | The PKK had denied responsibility for a bomb which caused one death in Istanbul on Jan. 25 , claiming that it was carried out as a provocative act by a " counter-guerrilla " force . |
| 4 | Since the Clean Air Act of 1956 governments in the UK have taken responsibility for designating clean air zones in which certain types of pollution , notably the smoke caused by burning coal , are illegal . |
| 5 | By April 1994 , the ES intends to take responsibility for negotiating pay with the appropriate trade unions for everyone in the ES . |
| 6 | Italy has refused responsibility for the waste and Turkey " has no wish to jeopardise its relations with a country which could help it to enter the European Community " . |
| 7 | Since 1976 , the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has assumed responsibility for the monitoring programme in Western Europe and subsequently extended this to Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | Prior to this appointment , Graeme Dunlop had undertaken responsibility for P&O European Ferries ( Dover ) Ltd within his role as Managing Director of P&O European Ferries Ltd . |
| 9 | The UVF and UFF have claimed responsibility for two murders each . |
| 10 | It was the first time the FIS had claimed responsibility for a violent incident . |
| 11 | The IRA has claimed responsibility for the car bomb which exploded near Downing Street this morning . |
| 12 | Gerard Harte , 27 , was convicted and sentenced by a Dutch court on April 2 to 18 years in prison for the Roermond murders of May 1990 , when the IRA had admitted responsibility for shooting two Australian tourists mistaken for UK service personnel [ see p. 37537 ] . |