Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] responsibility [prep] the " 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 | The UVF claimed responsibility for the shootings on Jan. 4 and Jan. 30 of Catholic civilians who it claimed were members of the IRA . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | Mr Cushley 's departure leaves just one officer retaining the SACC rank in the force compared to three when Sir Hugh assumed responsibility for the RUC four years ago . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Kanemaru accepted responsibility for the payment and resigned as vice-president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) . |
| 13 | Although Denmark retains responsibility for the Faroe Islands in respect of foreign affairs , defence , the judiciary and the monetary system , the islands have their own government ( Landsstyret or Landsstryrid ) which is responsible for internal affairs , including fisheries . |
| 14 | The ANC denied responsibility for the attack , and there was renewed suspicion about a " third force " deliberately inciting enmity among the black population . |
| 15 | Bosnian Serbs deny responsibility for the attacks , which have continued since the UN declared the no-fly zone last October . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As chairman of Airbus in the UK , Mr McKinlay has responsibility for the company 's Broughton factory . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The occasions that stand out in the three decades of our post-imperial era are : Duncan Sandys ' 1957 decision to recommend the end of National Service , which almost halved the Army ; the Kennedy/Macmillan Polaris agreement at Nassau in 1962 that led to the RAF losing responsibility to the Royal Navy for the British nuclear deterrent ; Denis Healey 's scrapping of the TSR2 in 1965 , which threatened to ‘ unhorse ’ the RAF 's knights ; his cancellation of the aircraft-carrier replacement programme in 1966 , which did much the same thing to the Royal Navy ; and John Nott 's attempt in 1981 to maintain the strength of the Rhine Army and RAF Germany at the expense of our maritime capability . |
| 20 | 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 ] . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 ] . |
| 23 | P.S. I noted that BR accepted responsibility for the recent accident in the tunnel . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The next day Islamic Jihad released a statement in Beirut claiming responsibility for the attack . |
| 28 | The FID relinquished responsibility for the scheme in 1990 , and copyright is in the hands of the BSO Panel . |
| 29 | Going to war , said Bush , was America taking responsibility for the new world order . |
| 30 | The FSLN denied responsibility for the murder which was followed by an assassination attempt on Chamorro , allegedly by right-wing elements . |