Example sentences of "be [adv] responsible for [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , many professional planners are also convinced that Green Belt restrictions are partly responsible for many of the problems facing the south east such as housing land shortages , rocketing house prices , loss of employment opportunities in rural areas , and labour immobility . |
| 2 | The trucks are also responsible for much for the country 's nitrogen oxide pollution . |
| 3 | The strong bonds in diamond are also responsible for many of its non-abrasive uses . |
| 4 | Short loans collections are often responsible for half of the total circulation of an academic library , and automated circulation analysis permits a high degree of accuracy in decisions on the quantities and loan status of titles retained there . |
| 5 | It has been estimated that these subsistence farmers are globally responsible for half of all rainforest destruction , as they march deeper and deeper into virgin forest . |
| 6 | Featuring ‘ AA ’ grade Eastern curly maple , the T4-SB 's three-piece laminated maple neck with quarter sawn centre section , topped with a 24-fret clear polyester-coated ebony fretboard , is obviously responsible for much of the instrument 's tone . |
| 7 | First , by denying fair trade to developing countries whose economies rely upon agriculture , the CAP is directly responsible for much of the poverty in the Third World ( A. Moyes , How Farming in Europe Affects the Third World , Oxfam , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Transport of bone before or after burial is probably responsible for much of this breakage , but this is a factor that is hard to evaluate for small mammal assemblages because of the difficulties in keeping track of the small bones . |
| 9 | He must be thoughtful since lack of thought is probably responsible for most of the world 's difficulties . |
| 10 | This group is probably responsible for most of the DIY nagging . |
| 11 | The later mineralisation was at lower temperature , and was probably responsible for most of the anomalies in drainage samples . |
| 12 | Several architects made their contributions , the most significant being Matthew Brettingham the elder , James Paine the elder , and particularly Robert Adam [ qq.v. ] , who was also responsible for much of the interior decoration . |
| 13 | Other squat , duck-like birds are comparable to those at Barton Farm ; indeed , whereas the animals in these mosaics appear to be of quite different styles , it seems that the draughtsman responsible for the birds at Barton Farm was also responsible for those at Withington . |