Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir John Anderson ( later first Viscount Waverley , q.v. ) , the former head of the Home Office , was put in charge of a hastily improvised London civil-defence organization during the Munich crisis , he appointed Scott as his chief staff officer ; and when Anderson became minister for civil defence , he made Scott responsible for the urgent task of accelerating London 's civil-defence arrangements , with the title of chief administrative officer for the London civil-defence region , as from February 1939 . |
| 2 | In a similar fashion a refusal to participate in quality control circles through which management make labour responsible for product quality , is taken as a sign of selfishness . |
| 3 | Liverpool have acknowledged receipt of their letter in which they hold Saunders responsible for dangerous play . |
| 4 | In addition , we have mapped regions responsible for the rhombomeric expression of Hox-B2 in r4 and second arch neural crest ( M.H.S. et al. , unpublished ) , and produced lacZ transgenic lines that reflect the endogenous patterns of Krox-20 expression in hindbrain segmentation . |
| 5 | In January 1986 , President Reagan had signed a secret directive — ‘ They can run , but they ca n't hide ’ — instructing the octopus to identify terrorists responsible for crimes against American citizens abroad and to bring them to justice in US courts . |
| 6 | The gathering , organised by the Union of Officers under Col Sviatcheslav Terekhov ( ret ) , declared Grachev responsible for dismantling the country 's defences , allowing the break-up of the armed forces , and betraying national interests . |
| 7 | The draft EC package-holiday directive could make tour operators or travel agents responsible for personal injury claims and losses as well as tour accommodation and facilities . |
| 8 | NEC AMERICA FORMS DIVISION RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNETWORKING |
| 9 | On July 12 the Chamber of Accounts of the Alpes-Maritimes département had issued an interim verdict holding Médecin responsible for irregular payments of over F13,000,000 ( approximately US$2,400,000 ) in public funds to a Paris finance house during an exercise in 1986 to restructure Nice city council 's debts ; he had been given until Sept. 17 to explain himself , ahead of a final ruling due in November . |
| 10 | In addition to the International Network , MAS has designated people responsible for initial service delivery in most of the European countries . |
| 11 | The other education officials retiring early are Phil Drake , depute director responsible for quality assurance , John MacPherson , depute director responsible for further education , Dick Louden , Dumbarton divisional education officer , and Joe Hogan , Lanark DEO . |
| 12 | The other education officials retiring early are Phil Drake , depute director responsible for quality assurance , John MacPherson , depute director responsible for further education , Dick Louden , Dumbarton divisional education officer , and Joe Hogan , Lanark DEO . |
| 13 | DIRECTOR of the Neuro-Pharmacology Research Group PROFESSOR BRENDA COSTALL was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor responsible for financial planning and resources two years ago . |
| 14 | It follows that it is wrong to hold people responsible for their crimes and punish them in ways that imply that their crimes are their own fault . |
| 15 | That 's why I could never hold Ann-Marie responsible for what 's happened . |
| 16 | Grand Met wants them and other tenants to sign new 20-year leases which increase rents and make publicans responsible for the upkeep of their pubs . |
| 17 | Hotel chains and other groups can support systems specialists , but even independents could benefit from making individuals responsible for the operation of information technology systems . |
| 18 | The Verband fur Deutsche Jugendherbergen ( DJH ) had , by the end of 1929 , some 700 British members including a block membership by the School Journey Association , an organization founded at the turn of the century to assist teachers responsible for taking parties of schoolchildren abroad . |
| 19 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 20 | Further research is necessary to investigate mechanisms responsible for the low conception rate in normal weight women with an increased waist-hip ratio . |
| 21 | Bishop Fortunatus Lukanima of Arusha , Tanzania , has been elected Bishop responsible for AMECEA ( the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ) as well as Chairman of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference 's Social Communication Department . |
| 22 | Kodjo , a presidential confidant , had publicly threatened to arrest Koffigoh for having held Eyadema responsible for the recent storming of the National Assembly building [ see pp. 39130-31 ] . |
| 23 | Demonstrators held Daio responsible for the country 's economic difficulties which they said were a direct result of the structural adjustment programme Daio had agreed with the IMF and World Bank . |
| 24 | Henry held Richard responsible for this further outbreak , which was in flagrant defiance of his recent ban . |
| 25 | Not making a decision leaves fate responsible for what happens . |
| 26 | PDGF induces dimerization allowing the two kinase domains to phosphorylate each other on specific tyrosine residues ( Y ) which provide docking sites responsible for interacting with different members of the SH2 family . |
| 27 | But there is talk of citizenship involving a ‘ duty to work ’ in the United States , which could find itself transplanted to this country — indeed it already exists in some of the social security regulations — or a legal duty to control children , which is what is implied by an idea under consideration by the government to make parents responsible for fines imposed on their children . |
| 28 | THE law must be changed to make parents responsible for the actions of their children , according to Gwendoline Lamb . |
| 29 | Since Richard held Seillan responsible for much of the trouble he refused to release him , either for a ransom or in exchange for prisoners taken by Count Raymond , even though these now included two of King Henry 's household knights , who had apparently wandered into the territory of Toulouse on their way back from the shrine of Compostella . |
| 30 | Moreover , the government 's decision to make SEMS responsible for developing minicomputers added to the problems of Cii-Honeywell Bull . |