Example sentences of "responsible for [det] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He became responsible for all of the Bruce family interests , including their right to the throne , and was appointed a Guardian of Scotland in the absence of his young uncle , David II .
2 Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes .
3 Sequent Computer Systems Inc has named its European vice president and general manager , Roger Cooper , to the position of senior vice president , geographic operations responsible for all of the company 's sales and service units worldwide .
4 I 'm Nick and I 'm the development director for Moat , responsible for all of our new development activities and I have with me tonight Sally our assistant development manager for Essex , who 'll be responsible for this project and also two of our consultants dealing with the scheme , Alan from Anglian Design who are acting as architects on the scheme and Howard from Space , who have been acting as our employer 's agent and consultant and will administer the building contract for , for all the phases of this , this project .
5 I looked coldly into his eyes and said very slowly : ‘ You are the bastard who denounced my father and were responsible for all of us being taken to Tabiano .
6 I mean , there are many , many cases of injustice around the world and , the West , the British government , ca n't be responsible for all of them , but there 's , there 's one particular case of Iraq , where we 've already gone to war , to , in the cause of democracy and freedom , and I do n't believe that when Saddam offends again as he does day by day , we can turn a blind eye .
7 ‘ Every project has to be considered on its own merits but when it comes to safety there are certain common denominators — that 's why there are so many do 's and don'ts in place — to protect us , ’ explains regional health and safety advisor , John Fegan who , together with colleague David Scott is responsible for all of Wimpey 's Contracting and Homes sites in Scotland .
8 The plans , adopted by NatWest , and which will go on show to the public after Easter , have been designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership , a firm of architects which was responsible for many of the high-quality buildings in the City .
9 It is evident from this that the contractors were responsible for many of the details and not a little of the basic design .
10 However , many professional planners are also convinced that Green Belt restrictions are partly responsible for many of the problems facing the south east such as housing land shortages , rocketing house prices , loss of employment opportunities in rural areas , and labour immobility .
11 The strong bonds in diamond are also responsible for many of its non-abrasive uses .
12 The wrong sort of chair may be responsible for many of our backaches today .
13 He concludes : ‘ such a process might be responsible for many of the phenomena of Earth Mysteries , indeed for most paranormal events which , like the salmon , are often extremely elusive . ’
14 Aideed 's forces are held responsible for many of the gross abuses of human rights in Somalia , mostly against members of the Darod clan .
15 The Engineers School is responsible for many of the Empire 's technical innovations over the past few centuries .
16 Master Henry of Canterbury , responsible for many of Edward II 's diplomatic memoranda , had also studied law at Paris , and his professional judgement upon Anglo-French affairs was invaluable .
17 Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide !
18 Clever , witty and articulate , he came from the intellectual elite which McCarthy so effectively attacked as responsible for many of America 's problems .
19 We may not personally be responsible for many of the barriers in society that disabled people we work with have to face .
20 The ‘ thirtysomething ’ syndrome seems responsible for many of her commissions — one woman has ordered a picture of her husband ‘ because he 's a successful , handsome man ’ , and she wants to ‘ get him while he 's till good-looking ’ .
21 Some women managed to keep their condition secret and in the late nineteenth century it was probably these women who were responsible for many of the infanticide cases .
22 As will be seen in Chapter 6 , however , some of these isolates have been responsible for many of the revolutionary advances in scientific knowledge .
23 Ronnie Wilkie has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Designer responsible for each of the design studios within Stoddard Carpets Limited , Elderslie , Runcorn and London .
24 The trucks are also responsible for much for the country 's nitrogen oxide pollution .
25 Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’
26 Transport of bone before or after burial is probably responsible for much of this breakage , but this is a factor that is hard to evaluate for small mammal assemblages because of the difficulties in keeping track of the small bones .
27 Featuring ‘ AA ’ grade Eastern curly maple , the T4-SB 's three-piece laminated maple neck with quarter sawn centre section , topped with a 24-fret clear polyester-coated ebony fretboard , is obviously responsible for much of the instrument 's tone .
28 ‘ The identification of morphogenetic fields with electromagnetic fields is responsible for much of the confusion inherent in H.S. Burr 's theory of electrodynamic ‘ life fields ’ .
29 Lest it be thought that there is little help at hand , the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) , responsible for much of the supervision of the 1974 Act , does supply some helpful explanatory material .
30 Brian Whitaker , a former editor of the Sunday Times ‘ Insight ’ team who was responsible for much of the last-minute layout , found himself interrupted by the constant political hubbub .
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