Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown . |
| 2 | They may feel responsible for adding to the dead person 's problems or may feel that if they had been more alert they would have noticed their friend 's or relative 's distress . |
| 3 | They may feel responsible for the racial injustice which other white people have inflicted on blacks , and see these injustices as entailing all manner of pathology for the black community , with its strengths and survival denied or not recognised . |
| 4 | Under the council tax , that hierarchy will be extended to two tenants , who , if they are at the same level in that hierarchy , could become responsible for each other 's council tax jointly and severally . |
| 5 | The Board could become responsible for collecting and analysing such information and for drafting recommendations . |
| 6 | He emphasized however , that there would be " no conflict " with the police , who would remain responsible for the collection of evidence and arrest and prosecution of suspects . |
| 7 | Auditors are not directly concerned with the solution of problems ; if they were ; they would become responsible for those solutions and thereby lose their objectivity and status to provide an independent examination and appraisal of a service . |
| 8 | The Board of Inland Revenue will remain responsible for preserving the privacy and confidentiality of personal information relevant to the tax affairs of individuals and businesses if information technology services transfer to a private sector organisation . |
| 9 | BT will remain responsible for billing , but Phonelink will receive payment per enquiry on a monthly basis . |
| 10 | The more you thrust forward your ideas , your solutions , your methods , the less the subordinate will feel responsible for his own actions , and hence committed . |
| 11 | Local authority social services departments will become responsible for assessing and arranging packages of care for people who need help . |
| 12 | By instructing us you will become responsible for the payment of the costs and disbursements involved in pursuing your claim . |
| 13 | You see when the erm legislation changes shortly , well the legislation is there but when it 's enacted erm they they will become responsible for repairing after their own hole digging and they have to provide us with guarantees . |
| 14 | For if so , you can be finding yourself another shipmaster , for it 's not me that will stand responsible for your mistakes ! |