Example sentences of "believe responsible for " in BNC.

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1 ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . )
2 Right-wing elements were also believed responsible for setting fire to the home of Juan Pablo Cárdenas , editor of the opposition magazine Análisis , on Nov. 24 , and for other attacks against journalists and the media .
3 PKK guerrillas based in Iraq were believed responsible for an Oct. 7 attack in which automatic weapons were used to kill 11 Turkish soldiers in the Cukurca district of Hakkari province .
4 The United States and United Kingdom authorities on Nov. 13 announced that they had filed charges against two Libyan nationals who were believed responsible for the bomb which exploded on an aircraft over Lockerbie , Scotland , in 1988 .
5 The Revolutionary Tupac Amarú Movement ( MRTA ) was believed responsible for a car bomb which exploded outside the residence of the US ambassador during the night of Feb. 11-12 , killing three policemen and injuring several other people .
6 The mafia was believed responsible for the killing on March 12 of Salvatore Lima , a member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) and an associate of Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti .
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