Example sentences of "responsible [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not surprising that some viruses have taken advantage of the sexual act as a vehicle for their transmission , but , while bacteria such as gonococci , treponemes , and the organisms responsible for the tropical sexually transmitted diseases have become so specialized that non-venereal transmission is extremely rare , the sexually transmitted virus infections , with the exception of genital warts , are frequently transmitted in other ways as well . |
| 2 | Lipids in general are not very antigenic erm er it 's interesting to note that lipid A , when it 's purified from the other components is almost totally responsible for the toxic amount of any property . |
| 3 | They were responsible for the complete show , which was why stories of stars giving notes to other actors or ordering changes in sets and costumes were not just examples of megalomania , but the desire to maintain the overall standard of whatever production they put their names to . |
| 4 | These provisions have been one of the major forces responsible for the complete change in standard terms and conditions for dealing with consumers that came in after the passing of the UCTA . |
| 5 | They are responsible for the complete replication of the extreme ends of chromosomal molecules and contribute to chromosome stability in protecting them from exonucleolytic degradation and end to end fusion events ( 2 ) . |
| 6 | The fat in our food is not only responsible for the extra inches on our hips . |
| 7 | It was Joseph Thomas ' father who , as County Surveyor , was largely responsible for the present Looe Bridge . |
| 8 | Local authorities to a very great extent are responsible for the present ‘ grant control ’ which is exercised by Central Government for , whenever in recent years the Central Government have asked them to carry out some new function the local authorities have countered the request by a demand for a Government grant to assist with the new service . |
| 9 | In this way a defence that the property was already damaged and that the defendant is not responsible for the present damage can be countered . |
| 10 | they would have to arrest everyone responsible for the present crises . |
| 11 | The situation is probably a cyclic one anyway , with man only partly responsible for the present coral massacre . |
| 12 | Those for whom this idea is a novelty may be surprised to learn that it was the writings and political practice of a Marxist , and a communist militant at that , which were largely responsible for the present currency of this view among radical thinkers . |
| 13 | The factor(s) responsible for the mucosal recruitment of neutrophils in ulcerative colitis are not certain . |
| 14 | These contentions in the committee 's report were echoed in the press , which asserts that the environment is primarily , perhaps solely , responsible for the lower IQs of economically deprived groups . |
| 15 | Of course , it does not follow necessarily that it is the cult that is responsible for the lower rate of suicide . |
| 16 | Basaltic silicates are comparatively rich in iron , titanium and magnesium , and it is the extra iron and titanium that is largely responsible for the lower albedo of the maria . |
| 17 | One of the factors responsible for the wide use of IR spectroscopy is the ease with which various samples may be studied . |
| 18 | Since Andrew Storey was responsible for the expensive importation of Carl Krantz by the sponsors , there was obviously a good chance that he would be doing his public relations stuff in their tent . |
| 19 | It is , I am told , German settlers in County Wexford who are responsible for the Irish Brie called St Edi now being peddled in this country ; the assault of its ammoniac smell brought back to me with terrible force a twenty-two-year-old memory of the Camembert of war-time Egypt which , I now realize , could have been none other than the handiwork of a German fifth column active in Alexandria . ) |
| 20 | They compose much of the actual substance of the body ( muscles , tendons , the lens of the eye , for example ) , and are the organic catalysts responsible for the chemical reactions occurring in the body , as described in Chapter 6 . |
| 21 | His theory is based on psychological studies of the reading process ; acknowledging the extent to which the integration of understanding and recognition is responsible for the fluent reading capabilities displayed by people . |
| 22 | Although hypergastrinaemia is a prominent feature , it may not be the only or main factor responsible for the pancreaticotrophical effect of fundectomy . |
| 23 | The architect was Carlo Lurago with Domenico Galli responsible for the rich stucco decoration . |
| 24 | The agency department responsible for the finished product , called " a mechanical " , is the production department . |
| 25 | We are the species now responsible for the global garden . |
| 26 | It was normally assumed that the quantity of differences as measured by some typological evaluation among assemblages ( usually subjective intuition ) is a measure of ethnic affinity between the groups responsible for the archaeological remains . |
| 27 | The Director of Personnel responsible for the personal affairs of overseas executives rang Mark from Detroit to say that compensation terms had now been worked out , and that he would be visiting England the following week to discuss the subject with him . |
| 28 | This is most confusing since , in England and Wales , there are local government departments — the social services departments — that are responsible for the personal social services but are not directly concerned with health or social security , the main concerns of the secretary of state . |
| 29 | The same changes in society have also been responsible for the parallel growth in the importance of experts acting as expert witnesses . |
| 30 | But he was also responsible for the appalling treatment of the natives he killed or turned into slaves . |