Example sentences of "was [adv] responsible for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert Einstein was largely responsible for the first , was entirely responsible for the second , and played a major role in the development of the third . |
| 2 | Albert Einstein was largely responsible for the first , was entirely responsible for the second , and played a major role in the development of the third . |
| 3 | He was collecting for over forty years and , as Miller was a regular recipient of Bartram 's shipments , it can be assumed that ‘ a large proportion of plants credited to Miller as introducer consisted of collections by Bartram and if this is true he was probably responsible for the first appearance in the gardens of England of between one hundred and fifty and two hundred plants ’ ( John Hendley Barnhart , ‘ Significance of John Bartram 's Work to Botanical and Horticultural Knowledge ’ , Bartonia Special Issue , 1931 ) . |
| 4 | Leeds was also responsible for the first major excavation of a settlement at Sutton Courtenay , Berkshire ( Leeds 1923 ; 1927 ; 1947 ) as well as reporting on a number of cemeteries ( 1916 ; 1924 ; and Harden 1936 ; and Riley 1942 ; and Shortt 1953 ) . |
| 5 | Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west . |
| 6 | Stand-off Schofield was again responsible for the third Leeds try five minutes before the interval . |