Example sentences of "be responsible for [adv] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleischmann and Pons , who did not realise that they had measured their neutron signal incorrectly , thought that their cell was producing 10 000 neutrons per cm 3 of palladium each second ( in fact the totality of neutrons from cosmic rays , from the concrete in the laboratory , from radon and other gases seeping through the air vents may have been responsible for almost all of these and the fusion neutrons , if there were any , were far fewer ) , and so Jones ' data did n't appear very impressive . |
| 2 | It was estimated that the yakuza consisted of some 3,300 separate gangs , although the three largest organizations — the Yamagushi-gumi , the Inagawa-kai and the Sumiyoshi-kai — were responsible for almost half of all activity by the gangs . |
| 3 | The 10 companies , in Belgium , France , West Germany and Italy , were responsible for about half of total EC consumption of cement . |
| 4 | The use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides is responsible for over half of all water pollution in the US . |
| 5 | It takes the railway line into the city 's Central Station , itself a notable piece of railway building , designed by John Dobson , the architect who was responsible for so much of Newcastle 's new central stylishness in the nineteenth century . |